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Skeletal Joints Flashcards

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Joints

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point where two bones meet

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What is Arthology the study of?

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Study of joint structure, function, and dysfunction

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What is the study of biomechanics?

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study of movements and mechanics of the body

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What is Kinesiology the study of?

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study of musculoskeletal movement

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What is the functional classification of joints?

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The amount of movement allowed at the joint itself

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Classifcation of Joints

Synarthroses Joints

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Fibrous immovable joints (ex. most fibrous joints)

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Amphiarthroses Joints

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Slightly moveable joints
(Ex. public symphysis)

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Diarthroses Joints

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Freely moving joints
(Ball and socket joints)

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What are Fibrous joints and name the 3 types

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Fibrous joints are collagen fibers that bind adjacent bones (little to no movement)

Sutures
Gomphoses
Syndesmoses

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What joints are sutures?

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Immoblie or slightly movable joints of skulls

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Fibrous Joints

3 Classifications of Suture joints

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  • Serrate: interlocked
  • Lap: overlapped
  • Plane: straight, nonoverlapped
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Fibrous Joints

Gomphoses joints

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  • Tooth to socket joint
  • Held in place by ligament
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Fibrous Joints

Syndesmoses joints

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Long collagen fibers binding two bones
(Ex. Ulna-radius and tibia-fibula)

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Fibrous Joints

Cartilaginous Joints

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Amphiarthrosis or amphiarthrodial joints

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Bony joints aka Synostosis Joints

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Two bones fused into one bone by osseous tissue
(ex. frontal bones and mandible)

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What are Synovial Joints?

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Diarthrosis or diathrodial joints

Varied mobility: freely movable to limited mobility

Most structurally complex and most likely to develop dysfunctions

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General Anatomy of Synovial Joints

General Anatomy of Synovial Joints

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General Anatomy of Synovial Joints

Articular Cartilage

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  • covers faces of bones
  • made up of hyaline cartilage
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General Anatomy of Synovial Joints

Joint Capsule

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  • Encloses joint cavity with narrow fluid-filled space
  • Outer fibrous capsule
  • Has inner-synovial membrane (produces synovial fluid)
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General Anatomy of Synovial Joints

Bursa

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  • sac of synovial fluid
  • between adjacent muscles, bone, and skin, or tendons passing over bone
  • cushions muscles and helps tendons slide over joints

Tendon shealth - elongated bursa

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General Anatomy of Synovial Joints

Meniscus

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C-shaped pad of cartilage in the knee that acts as a shock absorber

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Classes of Synovial Joints

Ball and Socket Joint

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Multiaxial joint

Head of the bone is a ball and attaches to a “cup-like” joint socket of another bone
(ex. shoulder)

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Classes of Synovial Joints

Plane (glinding)

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Biaxial joint
Between flat surfaces or surfaces that are only slightly concave and convex
(ex. Intercarpals and intertarsals)

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Classes of Synovial Joints

Condylar

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Biaxial joint
Oval convex that fits into a complementary shaped depression

(Ex. wrist joints and metacarpophalangeal joints)

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Classes of Synovial Joints

Saddle

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Biaxial

modifed condylar, articulated by two surfaces that are both saddle shaped

Joints that are concave in one direction and convex in the other
(ex. metacarpal joint of the thumb)

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Classes of Synovial Joints

Hinge

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Monoaxial joint

Rounded processes of one bone that fits into a concave surface into another bone, giving monoaxial movement
(ex. humerus attaching to the ulna or the knee joint)

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Classes of Synovial Joints

Pivot

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Monoaxial joint

Rounded surface on one bone that articulates with a depression in another bone (permits rotation)

(ex. radius joint of the antebrachial)

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Name the six types of Synovial Joints

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Movements

Flexion and extension

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Felxion Decreases joint angle

Extension straightens joint angle

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Movements

Abduction and Adduction

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Abduction is movement away from the midline
Adduction is movement towards the midline

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Movements

Elevation and Depression

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Elevation is raising a body part
Depression is lowering a body part

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Movements

Protraction and Retraction

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Protraction is anterior movement
Retraction is posterior movement

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Movements

Circumduction

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distal end of limb makes circle while proximal end is stationary

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Movements

External and Medial Rotations

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External Rotations: anterior surface spins away from the midline
Medial Rotations: anterior surface spins towards midline

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Movements

Supination

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Palms face anteriorly
Radius and Ulna become parallel

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Movements

Pronation

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Palms face posteriorly
Radius crosses the ulna

37
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Movements

What are the 3 movements of the trunk?

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  • Flexion
  • Hyperextension
  • Lateral Flexion
38
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Movements

What are the 4 movements of the mandible?

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  • Protraction
  • Retraction
  • Lateral Excursion
  • Medial Excursion
39
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Movements

What is hyperextension?

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Joints that are extented beyond zero position

40
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Movements

Dorsiflexion
Plantar flexion

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Dorsiflexion: foot elevates at ankle
Plantar flexion: foot points down at ankle

41
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Movements

Inversion
Eversion

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Inversion: soles face medially
Eversion: soles face laterally

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Movements

What are the 6 movements of the hand and wrist?

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  • Radial flexion
  • Ulnar flexion
  • Abduction of fingers

Thumb movements:
- Palmar abduction of thumb
- Opposition of thumb
- Reposition of thumb (back to zero position)

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What are the factors that determine ROM

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  • Structure of articular surfaces
  • Strength and tautness of ligaments and joint capsules
  • Actions of muscles and tendons
44
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What is the Temporomandiular Joint?

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Condyle of the mandible articulates with the mandibular fossa of temporal bone

There are 3 ligaments and an articular disk (meniscus)

45
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What is the shoulder joint called?

What are the 3 ligaments that support the joint?

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Glenohumeral joint

3 ligaments:
- Transverse humeral ligament
- Glenohumeral ligament
- Coracohumeral ligament

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Anatomy of the Glenohumeral joint

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Formed by the head of the humerus and the scapular glenoid cavity

Glenoid labrum: ring of fibrocartilage

47
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What are the 2 articulation of the elbow joint?

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Humeroulnar and humeroradial articulation

48
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Features of the Elbow joint

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Functions as a hinge
Stablized by radial collateral and ulnar collateral joints (restrict side to side movement)

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What is the coxal joint?

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The hip joint
Ball and socket joint

Formed by the femur head and the acetabulum of the os coxae

50
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Features of the Coxal Joint

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Acetabular labrum: fibrocartilage that deepens socket

Transverse Acetabular ligament: bridges the gap in between the inferior margin and the acetabular labrum

4 ligaments:
- lliofemoral: ligament attaching the ilium and femur
- Pubofemoral: attaches pubic bone to femur
- Ischiofemoral
- Round ligament

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What is the tibiofemoral joint?

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The knee joint
functions as a hinge

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Features of the Tibiofemoral Joint

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Has lateral and medial menisci for padding

Formed by 3 joints

Ligaments:
- Fibular collateral and tibial collateral
- Anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate

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What is the Talocrural Joint?

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The Ankle Joint

54
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What is the function of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament? (PCL)

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To prevent the tibia from being displaced backward

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What is the function of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament? (ACL)

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Prevents the tibia from sliding out in front of the femur and provides rotational stability to the knee

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