Skeletal - joint and their movement - Fibrous and cartilaginous

Question 1

What is the role of joints?

Answer 1

trade off between mobility and stability

Question 2

Why are joints in the skull cap connected?

Answer 2

need to join protective sheets of bone = stability paramount

Question 3

What are the joints like in the vertebral column?

Answer 3

need flexibility to bend and twist but cannot risk damaging spinal tissues = combination

Question 4

What are joints like in the shoulder?

Answer 4

need to facilitate wide range of upper limb movement = mobility paramount

Question 5

What are the 3 joint groups?

Answer 5

Fibrous, Cartilagenous and Synovial

Question 6

Name the 3 fibrous joints

Answer 6

1. Syndesmosis (tibiofibular)
2. Suture (skull)
3. Gomphosis (anchor teeth into socket)

Question 7

Name the 2 cartilaginous joints

Answer 7

1. symphysis (vertebral bodies)
2. synchondrosis (first rib and sternum)

Question 8

Name the 6 types of synovial joints

Answer 8

1. condyloid (wrist)
2. gliding (radioulnar)
3. hinge or ginglymus (elbow)
4. ball and socket (hip)
5. saddle (carpometacarpal of thumb)
6. pivot (atlantoaxial).

Question 9

What joint is this an example of?

Answer 9

Syndesmosis

Question 10

What joint is this an example of?

Answer 10

suture

Question 11

Describe a syndesmosis joint

Answer 11

Bones are held together by an interosseous ligament. Little movement.

Question 12

Describe a suture joint

Answer 12

a thin layer of fibrous tissue between the bones. Only found in the skull and may become ossified as the individual ages

Question 13

Describe the movement of fibrous

Answer 13

little or no movement

Question 14

What is the role of fibrous joints?

Answer 14

support and protect

Question 15

Where are fibrous joints found (general)?

Answer 15

Fibrous tissue unites the bones

Question 16

What joint is this an example of?

Answer 16

Gomphosis

Question 17

What is a gomphosis joint?

Answer 17

unique fibrous joints that anchor teeth into their sockets

Question 18

Where are fibrous joints located?

Answer 18

Peg and socket articulation between the roots of the teeth and the alveolar processes of the maxilla or mandible.

Question 19

What is a gimphosis joint also called?

Answer 19

peg and socket joint

Question 20

What is the fibrous connection between the tooth and socket called?

Answer 20

periodontal ligament

Question 21

What joint types allow little to no movement?

Answer 21

cartilaginous and fibrous

Question 22

What is the epiphyseal plate?

Answer 22

The main site of longitudinal growth of the long bones

Question 23

What joint type is shown here?

Answer 23

cartilagenous primary

synchondrosis

e.g. epiphyseal plate

Question 24

What is the difference between primary and secondary cartilagenous joints?

Answer 24

The primary cartilaginous joint is where two bones are joined by hyaline cartilage and.

The secondary cartilaginous joint is where two bones are joined by fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage

Question 25

What are primary cartilagenous joints called during developemt?

Answer 25

epiphyseal plates

Question 26

What cartilage unites the bone in primary cartilagenous joints?

Answer 26

hyaline cartilage

Question 27

What allows no movement between primary cartilagenous joints?

Answer 27

hyaline cartilage

Question 28

What is an example in the ribs of a primary cartilagenous joint?

Answer 28

Joint between the first rib and the sternum remains

Question 29

What happens to primary cartilagenous joints by 25 years?

Answer 29

Most of this joint type ossify by 25 years of age

Question 30

What is the official name of primary cartilagenous joint?

Answer 30

synchondrosis

Question 31

What is the official name for a secondary cartilagenous joints?

Answer 31

symphysis

Question 32

What joint type is this an example of?

Answer 32

symphysis joints

Question 33

What are examples of symphysis joints?

Answer 33

inter-vertebral disc pubic symphysis

Question 34

What age group have a symphysis joint?

Answer 34

adults and children

Question 35

Describe the bone in a symphysis joint

Answer 35

Each bone has a covering of hyaline cartilage with a disc of fibro-cartilage between them

Question 36

What cartilage is between each disc in a symphysis joint?

Answer 36

fibro-cartilage

Question 37

What cartilagenous joint is good for shock-absorption?

Answer 37

symphysis / secondary

Question 38

Are symphysis joints permanent joints?

Answer 38

YES

Question 39

What is the name of the joint here and what type of joint is is?

Answer 39

pubic symphysis -cartilagenous joints

Question 40

What is the name of the joint here and what type of joint is is?

Answer 40

inter-vertebral symphysis joint

Question 41

What is the name of the joint here and what type of joint is is?

Answer 41

epiphyseal plate synchrondrosis

Question 42

What is an example of a primary cartilaginous joint?

Answer 42

The joint between the diaphysis and epiphysis of a growing long bone - epiphyseal growth plate.