Skeletal System: Joints Flashcards
JOINTS
point where 2 or more bones meet
3 Types: FIBROUS, CARTILAGINOUS, and SYNOVIAL
FIBROUS JOINTS
strong, tough
designed to limit motion and provide stability
sutures, gomphoses, syndesmoses
found in skull, jaw, between long bones
CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS
allow little mvmt
made of fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage
2 types: PRIMARY and SECONDARY
SYNOVIAL JOINTS
more moveable w range of motion
most common type of joint
comprised of articular capsule (fibrous outer later and inner synovial membrane)
mainly found in limbs and but found in top of spine and skull
SUTURES
synarthrotic joints; little to no mvmt; found in flat bones of skull
INTER-LOCKING PATTERN wavy edges provide greater stability
PERISOTEUM continuous w layer of skull into deep thin cracks bw adjacent bones
GOMPHOSIS
immobile joints bw roots of teeth and alveolar bones
held in place by PERIODONTAL LIGAMENTS
SYNDESMOSIS
slightly moveable joint connecting the shaft of 2 long bones
provides stability
site of muscle attachment
muscle compartment
PERIODONTAL LIGAMENTS
ligaments connect rounded extension of teeth to sockets and provides sensory info
PRIMARY CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS
SYNCHONDROSES
made of hyaline cartilage
found on ends of developing bones for growth along length of bone
SECONDARY CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS
SYMPHYSES
thick gel like to act as shock absorber and provide flexibility. composed of hyaline and fibrocartilage
found in spine (INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS) and pelvis (PUBIC SYMPHYSIS)
Types of Synovial Joints
1 PIVOT 2 PLANE 3 HINGE 4 SADDLE 5 CONDYLOID 6 BALL + SOCKET
HINGE JOINT
one plane mvmt - flexion and extension on same axis
like elbows
PIVOT JOINT
one bone rotates about another
ex) atlanto-axial joint (atlas rotates around axis)
SADDLE JOINT
permits mvmt in 2 diff planes by abduction and adduction and circumduction
PLANE JOINT
gliding mvmt
like scapula and clavicle
BALL + SOCKET JOINT
highly mobile
for flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial and lateral rotation, and circumduction
hip joint
Factors that determine how mobile a joint is
1 type of tissue in joint
2 orientation and elasticity of surrounding muscles/ligaments
3 articulating shape of joint
4 size of subcutaneous tissue (fat) and muscle
ATLANTO OCCIPITAL JOINT
type of SYNOVIAL JOINT allows for YES motion (flexion/depression and extension/elevation)
superior surface of Atlas bone and Occipital Condyle (inferior facing surface of skull)
ATLANTO AXIAL JOINT
2 types of synovial joints: GLIDING SYNOVIAL JOINTS (right and left atlantoaxial joints)
PIVOT SYNOVIAL JOINTS (medial)
3 articulations: RIGHT, LEFT, MEDIAL atlanto axial joint