Week 4 Flashcards
What are the four structural categories of joints?
- Fibrous
- Cartilaginous
- Bony
- Synovial
What are the three functional categories of joints?
- Synarthrosis (fibrous or cartilaginous, can ossify forming a bony joint)
- Amphiarthrosis (fibrous or cartilaginous)
- Diarthrosis (synovial)
What are the main components of a synovial joint and what are their functions?
- Fibrous joint capsule - Provides stability and connects to the synovial membrane.
- Synovial membrane - Produces synovial fluid.
- Articulator cartilages - Reduces friction and prevents bone to bone contact.
- Joint cavity - Filled with synovial fluid which lubricates, distributes nutrients and provides shock absorption.
What are the accessory structures of the synovial joint?
Ligaments, tendons, bursae (small, thin sacks filled with synovial fluid that reduce friction and provide shock absorption), fat pads and cartilages.
What are the types of movement found in synovial joints?
- Flexion
- Extension (and hyperextension)
- Abduction (away from body)
- Adduction (towards body)
- Supination (wrist facing up)
- Pronation (wrist facing down)
- Rotation (pivot joint movement)
- Circumduction (Circular movements)
- Depression (lowering)
- Elevation (raising)
What is dislocation?
When articulating surfaces are forced out of position.
What are the possible types of articular motion?
- Linear (gliding)
- Angular motion
- Rotational motion
What are joints called depending on the axes of motion they allow?
- Monaxial (1 type of articular motion)
- Biaxial (2 types of articular motion)
- Triaxial (3 types of articular motion)
List the synovial joint types that are monaxial, biaxial and triaxial respectively.
Monaxial: Hinge, gliding and pivot.
Biaxial: Condyloid and saddle.
Triaxial: Ball and socket.
What are the main joints in the body and their type?
Elbow and knee: Hinge.
Shoulder and Hip: Ball and socket.
Define “Rheumatism”
Disorders or conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints or connective tissue.
Define “Arthritis”
All rheumatic diseases that affect synovial joints.
What are bulging and herniated discs?
Occurs when the nucleus of the intervertebral disc pushes the annulus outwards (bulging) or breaks the annuls (herniated).
What happens during rigor mortis?
The produces of ATP quickly halts due to lack of oxygen, the metabolic processes for muscle relaxation require ATP and the body stiffens.
What are the four common properties of muscle tissue?
- Excitability - Responds to chemical stimulus from nerve system.
- Contractibility - Ability to shorten.
- Extensibility - Ability to stretch.
- Elasticity - Ability to recoil.
What are the main functions of skeletal muscle?
- Producing movement.
- Maintaining posture.
- Supporting soft tissue - Primarily in the abdominopelvic area.
- Guarding body entrances and exits - Swallowing, defecating and urinating.
- Maintaining body temperature - Contractions use energy, heat energy lost maintains temperature.
- Storing nutrients