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MCQ 1.3 > Joints, Tendons, Ligaments > Flashcards

Joints, Tendons, Ligaments Flashcards

1
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What is a joint

A

Where two or more bones or other skeletal components are joined together

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2
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What is a tendon

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A fibrous band of connective tissue that is bonded to bone and connects muscle to bone

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What is a ligament

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A fibrous band of connective tissue that connects bones and other connective tissues together at joints

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4
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What is cartilage

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Fibrous and viscoelastic connective tissue composed of closely packed collagenous fibres in a proteoglycan rich ECM

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5
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What is synarthroses

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Immovable joints

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6
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What is amphiarthroses

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Slightly movable joints

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What is diarthroses

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Freely movable joints

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8
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What are 4 types of structural classifications

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Bony fusion
Fibrous
Cartilagenous
Synovial

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9
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What are fibrous joints

A

Cones connected by dense regular connective tissue
No joint cavity
Slightly immovable or not at all

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10
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What are 3 types of fibrous joints

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Sutures
Syndesmoses
Gomphoses

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What is syndesmoses

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Bones connected by ligaments only
Amount of movement depends on length of the fibres
Means ‘with band’

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12
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What is gomphoses

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Ligament is a short periodontal ligament
Almost a peg in a socket

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13
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What are 2 types of cartilagenous joints

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Synchondroses
Sympheses

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What are cartilagenous joints

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Articulating bones united by cartilage
No joint cavity
Slightly movable

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What is synchondroses

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Hyaline cartilage unites the bones
Immovable
‘Junction of cartilage’

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16
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What are 2 examples of synchondroses

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Epiphyseal plates
Joint between first ribs costal cartilage and manubrium of the sternum

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17
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What are 2 examples of sympheses

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Intervertebral discs
Pubic symphysis of the pelvis

18
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What is sympheses

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‘Growing together’
Fibrocartilage unites the bones
Hyaline cartilage on articular surfaces of bones to reduce friction
Slightly movable
Shock absorber
Strength and flexibility

19
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What is a synovial joint

A

Are all diarthroses - freely movable
All contain fluid filled joint cavity
Most body’s joints

20
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What is articular cartilage

A

Hyaline
Spongy cushions absorb compression
Protects ends of bones from being crushed

21
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What is the outer articular capsule

A

Fibrous capsule of dense irregular connective tissue continuous with periosteum

22
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What is the inner articular capsule

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Synovial membrane of loose connective tissue - makes synovial fluid

23
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What does synovial fluid contain

A

Special glycoproteins

24
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What is the function of synovial fluid

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Filtrate of blood
Nourishes cartilage and slippery lubricant

25
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What are 3 reinforcing ligament of synovial joints

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Capsular - thickened part of capsule
Extra capsular
Intra capsular

26
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Where is the extensive capillary blood vessels in synovial joints

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Capillary beds in synovial membrane - produce the blood filtrate

27
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Where are 3 places you would find elastic cartilage

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Epiglottis
Larynx
Pinna

28
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Where are 2 places you would find fibrous cartilage

A

Pubic symphesis
Intervertebral discs

29
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What cell types do cartilage contain

A

Very hydrated ECM containing chondrocytes and unique organic matrix of proteoglycan and collagen fibres
Avascular and not innervated

30
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What does the superior border of the TMJ capsule wrap around

A

The articular eminence and fossa

31
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What does the inferior border of the TMJ capsule wrap around

A

The condyle - neck

32
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What are the 3 places where the TMJ disc attaches to

A

Mandibular condyle
Temporal bone - anterior not direct attachment
Temporal bone - posterior divides into 2

33
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Posteriorly of the TMJ disc what does the upper division attach to

A

Post glenoid process

34
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Posteriorly of the TMJ disc what does the lower division attach to

A

Condylar neck

35
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What are the 3 major ligament of the TMJ

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Stylomandibular ligament
Sphenomandibular ligament
TMJ ligament - lateral ligament

36
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What is the stylomandibular ligament

A

Styloid process to the angle of the mandible
Tightens with protrusion

37
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What is the TMJ ligament - lateral ligament

A

Reinforces the inferior portion of the capsule
Prevents excessive retraction of mandible
Runs from tubercle of the zygomatic process to neck of mandible

38
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What is the sphenomandibular ligament

A

Not part of TMJ
Runs from spine of sphenoid to ramus of mandible - lingula of mandibular foramen
Tightens with protraction of mandible
Landmark for local anesthesia

39
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Does cartilage have a nerve supply

40
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If there was no synovial fluid what would wear away first

A

Cartilage then bone on bone and you wont feel the cartilage wearing away because they do not have a nerve supply

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