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Joints

1
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Joints serve what purpose?

A

holds bones together, permits movement

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What are the 3 kinds of points of contact for joints?

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Between
1. Bone and Bone
2. Cartilage and Bone
3. Teeth and Bones

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What are the 3 functional classifications of Joints?

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  1. Synarthrosis
  2. Amphiarthrosis
  3. Diarthrosis
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What is meant by Sympharthrosis?

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an immovable jiont

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What is meant by Amphiarthrosis?

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a slightly moveable joint

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What is meant by Diarthrosis?

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a moveable joint

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7
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Current joint nomenclature is based on what?

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Structural Classification

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8
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What are the 2 ways bones connect to form joints?

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  1. Via solid masses of CT
  2. Via CT capsule that surrounds lubricated cavity
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9
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What is the term for a moveable joint?

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Diarthrosis

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What are the 2 types of joints that connect bones via solid CT masses

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  1. Fibrous Joints
  2. Catrtilaginous Joints
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What is the term for an immovable joint?

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Synarthrosis

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12
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the CT Masses that form Fibrous Joints area made of what CT?

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Dense Irregular CT

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13
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What are the kinds of Synovial Joints? (6)

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  1. Planar
  2. Hinge
  3. Pivot
  4. Condyloid
  5. Saddle
  6. Ball and Socket
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14
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What is the term for a slightly moveable joint?

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Amphiarthrosis

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15
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Ligaments bind what to what?

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Bone to Bone

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16
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What is a sprain?

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twisting of a joint
stretches or tears in ligament
no dislocation
-ankle or lower back

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What are the 3 types of Sprains?

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  1. Grade I
  2. Grade II
  3. Grae III
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18
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What type of connective tissue is composed of strong bands connecting bone to bone?

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Ligaments

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19
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What Sprain Grade is characterized by a 20-75% tear?

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Grade II

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20
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What Sprain Grade is characterized by a stretch to a 20% tear?

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Grade I

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What Sprain Grade is characterized by a 75% to a complete tear

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Grade III

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What is a strain?

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an overstretched or partial tear - less serious

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23
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Strains often occur when…

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a muscle contracts suddenly

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What are the 3 types of Fibrous Joints?

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  1. Sutures
  2. Syndesmoses
  3. Interosseous Membranes
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Articulating bones held by solid mass of dense irregular connective tissue

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Fibrous Joints

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26
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Synostosis

A

bony joint

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27
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Which of the Fibrous Joints is characterized by joints with irregular and interlocking edges?

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Suture

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Which of the Fibrous Joints is characterized by connecting bones w a ligament?

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Syndesmoses

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What is the term for an articulation between the distal fibula and the fibular notch of tibia?

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Distal Tibiofibular Joint

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30
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What is the term for a joint anchoring the root of teeth to its socket?

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Gomphosis

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Which of the Fibrous Joints is characterized by large sheets of Dense Irregular CT connecting bones?

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Interosseous Membranes

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What level of mobility does the Suture Fibrous Joint allow for?

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Immovable to slightly moveable

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What level of mobility does the Interosseous Membrane Fibrous Joint allow for?

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Slight movement

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Interosseous Membranes connect what bones?

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Tibia to Fibula
Radius to Ulna

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35
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True or false: both fibrous joints and cartilaginous joints have synovial cavities.

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False

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What level of mobility do Cartilaginous Joints allow for?

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little to no movement

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What are the 3 kinds of Cartilaginous Joints?

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  1. Synchondroses
  2. Symphyses
  3. Epiphyseal Cartilages
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What is the connecting material of Synchondroses Cart Joints?

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Hyaline Cartilage

39
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What level of mobility do Syndroses Joints allow for?

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slightly moveable to immoveable

40
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Synchondroses cartilaginous joints

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a joint in which the bones are united by hyaline cartilage

41
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What is the term for a joint in which the bones are connected by flat disc of fibrocartilage?

A

Symphyses Cart Joint

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Symphyses Cartilage Joints are connected by ____ ____ of _____, but are have end bones covered in ____ ____.

A

Flat Disc Fibrocartilage; Hyaline Cartilage

43
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What level of mobility do Symphyses Cart Joints allow for?

A

Slightly Moveable

44
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Which of the 3 Cartilaginous Joints is characterized by bones being united by Hyaline Cartilage?

A

Synchondroses Cart joints

45
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Symphyses Cartilaginous Joints are found in mainly what area of the body?

A

Midline of body

46
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What are 2 examples of structures that use Symphyses Cartilaginous Joints?

A
  1. Pubis Symphysis
  2. Manubrium
47
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Which of the 3 main kinds of cartilage is considered the growth centre?

A

Epiphyseal Cart joints

48
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What is the connecting material associated with Epiphyseal Joints?

A

Hyaline Cartilage

49
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What level of mobility do Epiphyseal Cart Joints allow for?

A

None; immoveable

50
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What is an example of Epiphyseal Cartilage in the body

A

Epiphyseal Plates - located beneath the Epiphysis/Head of long bones
(located where the anatomical neck is)

51
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What is the function of an Epiphyseal Cartilage

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It is a growth plate
- eventually ossifies with maturity
-this leaves solid bone; epiphyseal closure

52
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What is a Synovial Joint?

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A fully moveable joint in which the a cavity is present between the two articulating bones

53
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What is the cavity between two articulating bones known as?

A

Synovial Cavity

54
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Synovial Cavity is filled with what?

A

Synovial Fluid

55
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What is the function of Synovial Fluid? (2)

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-Lubrication
-Shock Absorption

56
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What is the Synovial Fluid composed of? (2)

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  • Hyaluronic Acid
  • Interstitial Fluid
57
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What is the Synovial Cavity surrounded by?

A

The Articular Capsule; CT

58
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Articular Cartilage

A

covers the surfaces of bones where they come together to form joints

59
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What is kind of Cartilage is the Articular Cartilage?

A

Hyaline Cartilage

60
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What is the term for the Fibrous Envelope that encloses a Synovial Joint?

A

the Articular Capsule

61
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What are the 2 layers of the Articular Capsule?

A
  1. Fibrous Membrane
  2. Synovial Membrane
62
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The Fibrous Membrane of the Articular Capsule is composed mainly of what?

A

Mainly Collagen

63
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What are the structures that are superficial to the joint/articular capsule, protecting articular cartilages

64
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LECTURE 15 & 16

65
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What is the Bursae?

A

A fluid-filled saclike extension of the Joint Capsule

66
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The Bursae does what?

A

reduce friction between moving structures

67
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What is Bursitis?

A

chronic inflammation of a bursa

68
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What is the term for tube-like bursae that wrap around tendons?

A

Tendon Sheaths

69
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Tendon Sheaths are found where?

A

Ankle and Wrists - where many tendons come together in confined space

70
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The surgical repair of a joint is known as what?

A

Athroplasty

71
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What is another term used for Synovial Joints?

A

Diarthroses

72
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What kind of movement do Plane Joints exhibit?

A

Side to side
Back and forth
+ some rotation

73
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What are examples of Plane Joints?

A
  • Intercarpal or intertarsal joints
  • Sternoclavicular joint
  • Acromioclavicular joints
  • Sternocostal joints
  • Vertebrocostal joints
74
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What kind of movement do Hinge Joints exhibit?

A

-Flexion
-Extension

75
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What is the type of bone in which a convex surface of one bone fits into the concave surface of another bone?

A

Hinge Joint

76
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What does “Monaxial” mean?

A

movement in one plane; elbow, ankle

77
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What are some examples of Hinge Joint locations?

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  • knee
    -elbow
    -ankle
78
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What is a Hinge Joint?

A

Where one convex bone fits into a concave second bone

79
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What kind of movement do Pivot Joints exhibit?

A

rotation around its own longitudinal axis

80
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What are examples of Pivotal Joint locations?

A

-proximal/distal radioulnar joint
-atlanto-axial joint

81
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What is a Condyloid Joint?

A

an oval-shaped projection that fits into a oval depression

82
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What is meant by biaxial?

A

movement in 2 planes

83
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What kind of movement do Condyloid Joints exhibit?

A

-flexion/extension
-abduction/adduction

84
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What are examples of condyloid joint locations?

A

Wrist
metacarpophalangeal joints for 2-5 digits

85
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What is a Saddle Joint?

A

where one bone is saddle shaped and the other fits into it

86
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What kind of movement do Saddle Joints exhibit?

A

-flexion/extension
-adduction/abduction
-limited circumduction

87
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What is an example of a Saddle Joint?

A

carpometacarpal joint

88
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What is a Ball and Socket joint?

A

where a ball shape fits into a cup-like depression

89
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What kind of movement do Ball and Socket Joints exhibit?

A

-flexion/extension
-abduction/adduction
-rotation
+ circumduction

90
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What are examples of Ball and Socket Joints?

A

-shoulder joint
-hip joint

91
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What factors affect ROM?

A
  • shape / structure of articulating bones
    -strength/tension of joint ligaments
    -arrangement/tension of muscles
    -contact of soft parts
    -hormones
    -disuse
92
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Why do joints degenerate as we age?

A

-decrease in synovial fluid production
-thinning of articular cartilage
-shortening/loss of flexibility of ligaments

93
Q

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis

A

A jointdisease; inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and swelling that results in deformities

94
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What is osteoarthritis?

A

A joint disease; inflammation of the bones and joints

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