Joints Flashcards
What are the characteristics of a synathroses joint?
Immoveable and mostly fibrous
What are the characteristics of a amphiarthroses joint?
Slightly moveable and mostly cartilagenous
What are the characteristics of a diarthroses joint?
Freely moveable and mostly synovial
What functional classification are skull sutures an example of?
Synarthroses
What functional classification is the hip an example of?
Diarthroses
What functional classifcation is the intervertebral discs an example of?
Amphiarthroses
What are the three types of fibrous joint?
1) Sutures
2) Syndesmoses
3) Gomphoses
What are the two types of cartilagenous joint?
1) Synchondroses
2) Symphyses
What are the characteristics of syndesmose joints?
Bones connected by a cord (ligament) or sheet (interosseous membrane)
What are the characteristics of a gomphose joint?
Peg in socket fibrous joint
What are the characteristics of a synchondrose joint?
Bones directly connected by hyaline cartilage
What are the characteristics of a symphysis joint?
Bones that are connected by a pad or plate of connecting cartilage
What type of fibrous joint is the tooth articulation?
Gomphoses
What type of cartilagenous joint is the costal cartilage joint?
Synchondroses
What type of cartilagenous joint is the intervertebral discs?
Symphyses
