Articulations Flashcards

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Articulation

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Place where bone meets another bone, cartilage or teeth

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2
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Fibrous Joint

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Bones held together by dense regular CT

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Cartilaginous Joint

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Bones joined by cartilage

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4
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Synovial Joint

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Bones seperated by fluid filled cavities

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5
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Synarthroses

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Immobile Joint

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6
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Amphiarthrosis

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Slightly mobile joint

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7
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Diarthrosis

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Fully mobile joint

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8
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Gomphoses

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Joint between teeth and skull

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Sutures

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Joints between skull bones

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10
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Syndesmoses

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Joint between tibia and fibula or radias and ulna

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11
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Synchondroses

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Bones joined by hyaline cartilage

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12
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Symphyses

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Bones joind by pads of fibrocartilage

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13
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Articular capsule

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Bilayer capsule surrounding a synovial joint

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14
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Articular capsule’s outer layer

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Dense regular CT

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15
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Articular capsule’s inner layer

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Synovial membrane

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Synovial fluid

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The fluid in synovial joints serving as lubricant, shock absorption and nourishment

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17
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Ligaments

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Dense regular CT joining bone to bone, can serve to reinforce articular capsules

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18
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Bursae

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Sacs of synovial fluid outside of synovial joints at points of rubbing

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19
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Tendon sheaths

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Elongated bursae around groups of tendons

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20
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Fat pads

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Pads of fat that act primarily as packing

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21
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Uniaxial

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Joint moves in 1 axis or plane

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22
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Biaxial

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Joint moves in 2 axes or planes

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23
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Multiaxial

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Joints move in more than 2 axis or planes

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Plane joints

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2 planes sliding over each other

25
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Hinge joint

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Acts as a hinge

26
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Pivet joint

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A point of rotation

27
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Condylar joints

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Can move left/right or forward/back but cannot rotate, like the wrist

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Saddle joints

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Same movement capabilities as a condylar joint but structured in a saddle like way

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Ball and socket joint

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Capable of rotation in all directions

30
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Gliding

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Opposing surfaces slide over each other

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Flexion

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The angle between articulating bones decrease

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Extension

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The angle between articulating bones increase

33
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Hyper-extension

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The angle between articulating bones increase pasr anatomical position

34
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Lateral flexion

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The vertebral column bends laterally along a coronal plane

35
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Abduction

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Movement away from midline

36
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Adduction

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Movement towards body midline

37
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Circumduction

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Continous circular movement of a limbs distal end

38
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Pronation

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Turning the palm from anatomical position to palm facing posterior

39
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Supination

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Turning the palm from facing posterior to the anatomical position

40
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Depression

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Movement of a body part inferiorly

41
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Elevation

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Movement of a body part superiorly

42
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Dorsiflexion

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Ankle movement bringing foot’s superior surface towards leg’s anterior surface

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Plantarflexion

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Ankle movement bringing foot’s inferior surface towards the leg’s posterior surface

44
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Inversion

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Twisting movement of foot turning sole medially

45
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Eversion

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Twisting movement of foot turning sole laterally

46
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Protraction

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Anterior movement

47
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Retraction

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Posterior movement

48
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Opposition

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Movement of thumb to other fingers

49
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Joints of upper limb

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Glenohumeral, Humeroulnar, Humeroradial, Radioulnar, Radiocarpal, Metacarpophalangeal and Interphalangeal

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Joints of lower limb

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Coxal, Talocrural and Knee joint

51
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Medial and lateral menisci

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Fibrocartilaginous disc in the knee joint

52
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Patellar ligament

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Ligament joining patella and tibia

53
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Fibular collateral ligament

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Ligament on the lateral side of the knee joint

54
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Tibial collateral ligament

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Ligament on medial side of knee joint

55
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Anterior cruciate ligament

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Ligament crossing from the posterior of the femur to the anterior of the tibia

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Posterior cruciate ligament

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Ligament crossing from the anterior of the femur to the posterior of the tibia