movements and joints Flashcards
Articulation
—site where two or more bones meet
functions of joints
Give skeleton mobility
Hold skeleton together
joints classified by
structure and function
Three functional classifications
Synarthroses—
Amphiarthroses
Diarthroses—
Synarthroses—
immovable
Amphiarthroses
slightly moveable
Diarthroses
freely moveable
Three structural classifications:
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial
Fibrous Joints
Bones joined by dense fibrous connective tissue
No joint cavity
Most are synarthrotic (immovable)
Three types:
three types fibrous joints
Sutures (head)
Syndesmoses /(arm)
Gomphoses (teeth sockets)
sutures
Rigid, interlocking joints containing short connective tissue fibers
Allow for growth during youth
In middle age, sutures ossify and are called synostoses
Syndesmoses
Bones connected by ligaments (bands of fibrous tissue)
Movement varies from immovable to slightly movable
Syndesmoses example
tibia, fibula, radius, ulna
Gomphoses
Peg-in-socket joints of teeth in alveolar sockets
Fibrous connection is the periodontal ligament
Cartilaginous Joints
Bones united by cartilage
No joint cavity
Two types:
Cartilaginous Joints two types
Synchondroses
symphses
Synchondroses
A bar or plate of hyaline cartilage unites the bones
All are synarthrotic
symphses
Hyaline cartilage covers the articulating surfaces and is fused to an intervening pad of fibrocartilage
Strong, flexible amphiarthroses
Synovial Joints
All are diarthrotic
Include all limb joints; most joints of the body
Synovial Joints distinguishing features
Articular cartilage: hyaline cartilage
Joint (synovial) cavity: small potential space
Articular (joint) capsule:
Synovial fluid
Three possible types of reinforcing ligaments
Rich nerve and blood vessel supply
Articular (joint) capsule
Outer fibrous capsule of dense irregular connective tissue; Inner synovial membrane of loose connective tissue
Synovial fluid
Viscous slippery filtrate of plasma + hyaluronic acid
Lubricates and nourishes articular cartilage
Weeping lubrication
Contains phagocytic cells
Synovial Joints Three possible types of reinforcing ligaments
Capsular (intrinsic)—part of the fibrous capsule
Extracapsular—outside the capsule
Intracapsular—deep to capsule; covered by synovial membrane
Synovial Joints: Friction-Reducing Structures
Bursae
Tendon sheath