Joints Flashcards
What are classes of joints?
According to Major type of CT holding the bones together plus or minus the presence of fluid-filled cavity
What are three types of fibrous joints?
Sutures
syndesmosis
gomphosis
What are two cartilaginous joints?
Synchondrosis
symphysis
What kind of joint has a fluid-filled cavity with considerable movement?
Synovial joint
What are six types of synovial joints?
Plane or gliding
saddle
hinge
pivot
ball and socket
ellipsoid
What are three types of movements in synovial joints?
Monoaxial
biaxial
multiaxial
Gliding movements
Slide or Glide over each other
Circular movements
Rotation - around as long axes
pronation and supination
Circumduction
Angular movements
Flexion
Abduction and adduction
Special movements
Elevation and depression (scapula and mandible - shrugging shoulders)
Protraction and retraction (scapula and mandible)
Opposition and reposition (thumb and other fingers)
Inversion and eversion (Ankle)
Combination movements
Most normal activities
Range of motion
Active range of motion
Passive range of motion
TMJ joint
Temporomandibular joint (mandible and temporal bones)
Fibrocartilage discs
Shoulder joint
Glenohumeral joint (ball and socket)
Elbow joint
Humeralulnar and humoradial= cubical
