Joints Flashcards
Meeting places between two or more bones
joints
Vertebrae 1-7
Cervical
Vertebrae 8-19
Thoracic
Vertebrae 20-25
Lumbar
non-moving joints
synarthroses
partly-moving joints
amphiarthroses
fully-movable joints - mostly found in limbs
Diarthroses
connects bones with dense fibrous connective tissue, don’t move
fibrous joints
unite bones using cartilage, don’t move very much
cartilaginous
articular cartilage that covers the opposing bone surfaces, brandlike-ligaments
Synovial joints
when one flat bone surface glides over another
gliding movement
unite bones using cartilage
plane joint
bend arm
flexion
bend it back
extension
beyond anatomical positioning
hyperextension
uniaxial movement
hinge joint
biaxial movement
condylar joint
raising arms away from the body
abduction
back towards the body
adduction
lasso movement
circumduction
whole arm
rotational
multiaxial movement
ball and socket joint
thumbs up biaxial movement
saddle joint
uniaxial movement rotate palm forward and anteriorly
pivot joint
palms facing
supination
palms facing backward
pronation