JOINTS Flashcards
_______ is the site where two or bones meet
Articulation
______ give skeleton mobility
Joints
What holds the skeleton together?
Joints
Joints have three functional classifications
______: immovable
______: slightly movable
______: freely movable
Synarthroses
Amphiarthroses
Diarthroses
Which joint classification allows no movement?
Synarthroses
Which joint classification allows slight movement?
Amphiarthroses
Which joint classification allows free movement?
Diarthroses
Joints have three structural classifications: _____, _____, ______
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial
Fibrous joints are mostly immovable, which means they are also called ______
Synarthrotic (Synarthroses)
Fibrous joints are joined by ____ ______ _____ tissue
Dense fibrous connective tissue
Sutures, Syndesmoses, and Gomphoses are all types of ______ joints
Fibrous
______, a Fibrous joint, have rigid, interlocking joints containing short connective tissue fibers
Sutures
______, a fibrous joint, allow for growth during youth
Sutures
______, a fibrous joint, ossify during middle age and become synostoses.
Sutures
Sutures ossify during middle age and are then called _______
Synostoses
Sutures are found only in the ______
skull
_______, a fibrous joint, connect bones by ligaments
Syndesmoses
Ligaments are bands of _____ ____
Fibrous tissue
The movement of Syndesmoses fibrous joints varies from _______ to slightly movable(Amphiarthroses)
Immovable (Synarthroses)
Synarthrotic distal tibiofibular joint is a _________ joint
Syndesmoses
The joint “Diarthrotic interosseous”, which is a syndesmoses joint, is the connection between the ____ and _____
Radius and Ulna
_____, a type of fibrous joint, have Peg-in-socket joints of teeth in alveolar sockets
Gomphoses
Gomphoses joints have peg-in-socket joints of teeth in ______ ______
Alveolar sockets
The periodontal ligament has a _______ connection
Fibrous