Articulations Flashcards
(40 cards)
Ex of bony joint
Metopic suture
Bony joints
Complete bone fusion
Fibrous joint
Held together by collagen fibers
Cartilaginous
Similar to hyaline, but contains water
Synovial
Has articulated capsule and fluid
Synarthrosis
Immovable joint
Ex of synarthrosis
Sutures
Gomphoses
Synchondroses
Synostoses
Sutures
Found in the skull
Gomphoses
Teeth articulate to jaw bones
Synchondroses
Epiphyseal plates, rib 1 to sternum
Synostoses
Metopic suture
Ampiarthrosis
Slightly moveable
Syndesmoses
Distal tib/fib
Sympyses
Pubic bones, between centra of vertebrae
Ampiarthrosis examples
Syndesmoses and symphyses
Diarthrosis
Highly moveable; weak joints
What are the 6 Diarhrosis joints
Gliding, hinge, pivot, ellipsodial, saddle, and ball and socket
Ex of gliding joints
Between articulate processes of vertebrae, intercarpal, intertarsal
Ex of hinge joint
Elbow, knee, interphalangeal
Pivot joint
Alanto-Axial, proximal radioulnar
Ellipsodial joints
Radiocarpal, metatarsalphalangeal, metacarpal phalanges
Saddle examples
Carpometacarpal
Ball and socket
Glenohumeral, coxal
Articular capsule
Has a synovial membrane and synovial fluid