Joints Flashcards
angle of joint decreases
flexion
angle of joint increases
extension
point at which 2 or more bones connect
joint
type of movement at the joint, observed at synovial joints (designed for movement)
action at joint
movement of bone goes towards the midline
adduction
movement of bone goes away from the midline
abduction
anterior surface of a bone is turned/rotated away from the midline
external (lateral) rotation
anterior surface of a bone is turned/rotated towards the midline (ie rotating wrists so that the thumbs are moving towards the midline)
internal (medial) rotation
when a bone revolves around its own longitudinal axis
rotation
3 types of structural classes
fibrous, cartilage, synovial
non-movable (not synarthroses)
fibrous
semi-movable (not amphiaroses)
cartilaginous
extensive range of motion (not diarthroses)
synovial
immovable (not fibrous)
synarthroses
slightly movable (not cartilaginous)
amphiaroses
freely movable (not synovial)
diarthroses
3 types of functional classes
synarthroses, amphiaroses, diarthroses
connected by fibrous tissue ligament, no joint cavity, non-movable
fibrous joints
skull and face, bones fuse together with age
sutures (fibrous)
3 fibrous joint subdivisions
sutures, syndesmoses, gomphoses
tibia and fibula, bone to bone together as if they were skin, found between radius and ulna
syndesmoses (fibrous)
teeth and gum socket joints, allows teeth to be held into position
gomphoses (fibrous)
2 subdivisions of cartilaginous joints
synchondroses and symphoses
rib 1 and sternum, 2 bones attached by hyaline cartilage, occurs at the epiphyseal plate (turns into epiphyseal line) of children and between costal cartilage of rib 1 and sternum
synchondroses (cartilaginous)