Chapter 9 Flashcards
What is a joint/articulation?
Any point where 2 bones meet (whether movable or not)
What is arthrology?
Science of joint structure, function, and dysfunction
What is kinesiology?
The study of musculoskeletal movement
How are joints named?
Typically derived from the names of bones involved (ex: radioulnar joint)
How are joints classified?
According to the way the bones are bound together
4 major joint categories?
Bony, fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial
What is a bony joint/synostosis?
An immobile joint formed when the gap between 2 bones ossifies and they become one
What are fibrous joints/synarthrosis?
Adjacent bones are bound by collagen fibers emerging from one bone and penetrating into the other
3 kinds of fibrous joints?
Sutures(skull), gomphosis(teeth), and syndesmosis(fibula/tibia, radius/ulna)
What are sutures?
Immobile or slightly mobile fibrous joints in which short collagen fibers bind the bones of the skull to each other
What is a serrate suture?
Interlocking wavy lines. Coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid
What is a lap/squamous suture?
Overlapping beveled edges. Temporal and parietal
What is a plane/butt suture?
Straight, non-overlapping edges. Palatine processes of the maxillae
What is gomphosis? (type of fibrous joint)
Attachment of a tooth to its socket. The only joint kind not to join 2 bones. Held in place by fibrous periodontal ligament
What is syndesmosis? (type of fibrous joint)
A fibrous joint at which 2 bones are bound by long collagen fibers. For example, membrane between radius and ulna or tibia to fibula
What is a cartilaginous/amphiarthrosis joint?
2 bones linked together by cartilage. 2 types
2 kinds of cartilaginous joints?
Synchondroses and symphyses
What is synchondrosis?
Bones joined by hyaline cartilage
What is symphysis?
Bones joined by fibrocartilage
Examples of synchondrosis?
Temporary joints in epiphyseal plates of kids, first rib attachment to sternum
Examples of symphysis?
Left and right pubic bones, bodies of vertebrae
What are synovial joints/diarthrosis?
Joint in which 2 bones are separated by a joint cavity
Some facts about synovial joints?
Most moveable, structurally complex, and familiar. Most important for quality of life and fitness. Most likely to develop painful dysfunction
What is articular cartilage?
Layer of smooth, hyaline cartilage that covers the facing surfaces of 2 bones. Part of synovial joints