Principles - Joints Flashcards
What does the craniovertebral joint connect?
Skull and vertibrae
What joint connects the ribs to cartilage?
Costochondral
What joint connects the sternum to the cartilage?
Sternocondral
What does the costocondral joint connect to cartilage?
The ribs
What does the sternochondral joint connect to the cartilage?
The sternum
Where is the proximal radioulnar joint found?
(At the elbow)
Where is the distal radioulnar joint found?
(At the wrist)
What bones are connected by the distal radioulnar joint?
The radius and ulnar
What bones are connected by the proximal radioulnar joint?
The radius and ulnar
Where would costovertebral joints be found?
(At the back)
What is connected by costovertebral joints?
Vertebrae and ribs
Where are the metacarpophalangeal joints?
(In the hand)
What are the MCP joints?
Metacarpophalangeal joints
What connects the metacarples to the phalangees?
Metacarpophalangeal joints
Where are the interphalangeal joint?
(In the fingers)
What are the two types of interphalangeal joints?
PIP and DIP
Proximal and distal
Which is closer to the metacarpophalangeal joint, the proximal interphalangeal joint or the distal phalangeal joint?
The Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
What is the joint at the knee called?
Knee joint
What is the joint at the elbow called?
Elbow joint
What bones are connected by the tibiofibular joints?
Tibia
Fibia
Which is closer to the foot, the proximal tibiofibular joint or the distal tibiofibular joint?
The distal tibiofibular joint
What is the name of the joint at the ankle?
Ankle joint
What is the name of the articulation between the mandible and temporal bone?
The TMJ (Temperomandibular joint)
Which joint connects the scapula and the clavicle?
The AC joint
Acromioclavicular joint
Where is the acromioclavicular joint found?
(At the shoulder)
What part of the scapula does the acromioclavicular joint connect the clavicle to?
The acromion
What type of joint is the acromioclavicular joint?
A plane synovial joint
Which joint connects the sternum to the clavicle?
The sternoclavicular joint
What is the manubriosternal joint?
The sternal angle
Which rib level is the manubriosternal joint at?
Rib 2
What joints are between the vertibrae?
Intervertebral discs
Facet joints
Where are facet joints found?
(Between most vertebrae)
What joints connect the sacrum and ilium?
Sacroiliac joints
What bones are connected by the sacroiliac joint?
Sacrum
Ilium
Which joint connects the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones?
The pubic symphysis
Where are the subtalar joints?
(In the ankle)
Which two bones are connected by the subtalar joint?
The calcaneus and the talus
What bones are connected by the MTP joints?
The metatarsal bones of the foot and the proximal phalanges of the toes
What are the MTP joints?
Metatarsophalangeal joints
