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Define Joints

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Two or more joints coming together

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What are the two classifications

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Structural and Functional classification

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Structural Classification

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How bones are connected together

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Functional Classification

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Degree of movement they permit

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What are the 3 types of joints

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Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial

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Fibrous Joint

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Immobile or nearly immobile, connected by dense fibrous connective tissue

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Examples of Fibrous joints

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Skull bones, tooth/jaw

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Cartilaginous Joint

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Limited mobility or semi movable joints, connected by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage

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Examples of Cartilaginous joints

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Vertebral disks, pubic symphysis

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Synovial Joints

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Freely moveable or highly movable joints, bones do not touch, move in a fluid filled synovial joint capsule

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Examples of Synovial joint

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Shoulder, elbow, finger, hip, knee

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What are the 6 types of Synovial joints?

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Ball and socket, condyloid, gliding, hinge, pivot, saddle

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Ball and socket

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Allows rotation in several axes; widest range of motion among all joints

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Examples of Ball and socket

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Shoulder joint, hip joint

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Condyloid

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Allows side to side and up and down motion but no rotation

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Examples of Condyloid

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Wrist joint between radius and carpals, phalanges

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Gliding

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Flat or slightly curved that slide, limited gliding motion in one plane; no rotation.

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Examples of Gliding

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Wrist carpal joints, ankle tarsal joints

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Hinge

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Tube shaped and fits into a concave socket, motion in one plane, like a door hinge

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Examples of Hinge

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Elbow joint, knee joint, between phalanges

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Pivot

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Round shaped that rotates in a ring shaped surface of another bone, rotational motion only

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Examples of Pivot

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Axis/atlas vertebrae of the head and neck

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Saddle

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Concave shaped surface fit into a convex surface, side to side and up and down like condyloid joints but with greater range

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Examples of Saddle

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Thumb joints, opposable thumb

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