Joints Flashcards
What are the three different types of joints in the body?
Fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial
What is a fibrous joint?
Fibrous tissue that joins bone to bone. These types of joints are very strong and stable but allow a small amount of give between bones.
What are examples of fibrous joints?
Sutures in the skull, the joints that hold the teeth in the jaw
What are Cartilaginous joints?
Bones that are joined together with thickenings of cartilage. These joints are very strong and stable but allow a small amount of of give or play.
Examples of the cartilaginous joint
Intervertebral joints and veritable discs
What are synovial joints?
The bones are not joined together, leading space between the bones, which allows for movement.
What 6 characteristics do synovial joints have in common?
- space between the articulating ends of the bones
- articular cartilage covering the articulating surfaces of the bones
- synovial fluid in the joint space.
- a synovial fluid in the joint space
- a synovial membrane
- a joint capsule
What is Fascia?
connective tissue that organizes all of the muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons into functional units for movement
what are Myofascial structures?
muscle and fascia create movement, provide proprioceptive feedback and provide hydration, nutrition, and structure to all the tissues of the body
what is superficial fascia?
connects the skin to the deep fascia surrounding the muscles. This provides structure to the skin and fat layer while allowing it to glide over the muscles.
what is deep fascia?
It surrounds the muscles, creates stiffness, and allows force to be transferred from the muscle to the joints. It creates tendons, ligaments, and other thickened fascial structures such as the thoracolumbar fascia or iliotibial band
what is visceral fascia?
creates the structure of the organs and provides a scaffolding for the cells to organize around.
