Joints and Articulations Flashcards

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SYNARTHROSIS

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Immovable joints

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AMPHIARTHROSIS

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Joints that allow some motion

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DIARTHROSIS

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Freely moveable joints

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PLANE

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Flat articulate surfaces that allow bones to glide. Examples: intertarsal joints, intercarpal joints, articulations between superior and inferior articular processes of vertebrae

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HINGE

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Bones that fit together like the hinge of a door. Example: elbow, knee, interphalangeal joints

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PIVOT

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Bone rotates around another bone. Ex: atlantoaxial and proximal radioulnar joints

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CONDYLOID

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One bone that fits into the concave surface of another bone. Example: radiocarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints

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SADDLE

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Like condyloid, but permit a greater range of motion. Example: first carpometacarpal joint of the thumb

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