Muscles and Bones Flashcards
Name them
name the 3 types of joints
Fibrous/fixed
cartilaginous
synovial
Describe fibrous joints
No movement
Joined by fibrous tissue
Give an example of a fibrous joint
Cranial
Describe cartilaginous joints
Some movement
ends covered in cartilage
separated by pads of fibro-cartilage
Give an example of cartilaginous joints
vertebrae
Describe synovial joints
Freely moveable direction dictated by shape of ends surrounded by capsule and ligaments fat pads synovial membrane cartilage
Name the 5 cartilaginous joints
Ball and socket Hinge Pivot Condyloid/saddle Gliding
Why synovial joint is the most movable?
Ball and socket
Which joint occurs with a spherical head that lodges into a cavity
Ball and socket
Which synovial joint is concave and conves
Hinge
Which synovial joint is ring shaped surrounding a cone shaped?
Pivot
which type of joint is radio-ulna an example of?
Pivot
Which synovial joint only allows movement in one direction?
Hinge
Which synovial joint only allows rotation
pivot
What is the other name for the condyloid joint
saddle
What kind of movement can occur at a saddle joint
Everything but rotational