Skeletal System: Articulations Pt2 Flashcards
Which of the 6 synovial joints are Biaxial
Condylar
Saddle
Which of the 6 synovial joints are Uniaxial
Plane
Hinge
Pivot
Which of the 6 synovial joints are Multiaxial
Ball and socket
Describe the gliding motion
Side to side movement in a single plane
What joints use gliding motion
Uniaxial
Describe angular movement
Increasing or decreasing the angle between long bones
What re the 7 types of angular movement
Flexion Extension Hyperextension Abduction Adduction Circumduction Rotation
Flexion
Decreases angle of the joint
Extension
Increases angle of the joint
Hyperextension
Extension movement continues past the anatomic position
Abduction
Movement away from the midline of body or body part
Adduction
Movement toward the midline of body or body part
Circumduction
Movement describes a cone in space
Circumduction combines what angular movements
Flexion, abduction, extension, and Adduction
Rotation
The turning of a bone around its own long axis
When sitting upright in a chair are your hip and knee joints flexed or extended
Flexed
What is meant by special movements?
Movements specific to certain body parts
Supination and pronation apply to
Hand
Eversion and inversion apply to
Ankle and foot
Dorsiflexion and plantar Flexion apply to
Foot
Opposition and reposition apply to
Thumb and pinky