Joints Flashcards
Name the possible movements in the sternoclavicular joint.
Elevation and Depression (sagittal axis)
Protraction and Retraction (vertical axis)
Rotation (transverse)
Which ligaments strengthen the sternoclavicular joint?
Costoclavicular ligament
Anterior sternoclavicular ligament
Posterior sternoclavicular ligament
Interclavicular ligament
What is the type of the shoulder joint?
Synovial ball and socket joint
Name the possible movements in the shoulder joint.
Flexion and extension
Abduction and adduction
Internal and external rotation
Circumduction
What makes up the coracoacromial arch?
Acromion
Coracoacromial ligament
Coracoid process
Which joints make up the elbow joint?
Humeroulnar joint
Humeroradial joint
Proximal radioulnar joint
Which joints participate in the pronation and supination of the forearm?
Proximal radioulnar joint
Distal radioulnar joint
What is the type of the wrist joint?
Ellipsoid joint
Name the possible movements in the wrist joint.
Palmar flexion
Dorsal flexion
Ulnar deviation
Radial deviation
What is the type of the 1st carpometacarpal joint?
Saddle joint
What movements can be performed in the 1st carpometacarpal joint?
Abduction, adduction
Flexion, extension
Opposition, reposition
Circumduction
What is the type of the 2nd-5th carpometacarpal joints?
Amphiarthrosis
What is the type of the 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal joints?
Ellipsoid joint
What are the articulating surfaces of the sternoclavicular joint
Sternal end of clavicle and the clavicular notch of the sternum
What movements can be performed in the 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal
joints?
Around two axis of rotation with streched fingers:
Flexion and extension
Abduction and adduction
Circumduction
Around on axis of rotation with bent fingers:
Flexion and extension
