Joints and movement : anna made Flashcards
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Arthrology
- Study of joints (articulations)
- Points of contact between bones, bones and cartilage, bones and teeth
Fibrous joints
joined by fiborus tissue
- Connected by “stitches” of collagen fibers
- Immovable or slightly moveable
-3 types: Gomphoses, Sutures, Syndesmoses
Cartilaginous joints
Joined by cartilage
hyaline: Synchondroses (synarthrotic)
- epiphyseal plate, joint between sternum and 1st rib
fibrocartilage: Symphyses (amphiarthrotic)
- pubic symphysis, intervertebral disc
Synchondroses
- Cartilaginous Joint
- hyaline
- synarthrotic (immovable)
Symphyses
- Cartilaginous Joint
- fibrocartilage
- amphiarthrotic (slightly moveable)
Synovial joints
-Freely movable
-most joints
-articular capsule: synovial fluid in joint cavity surrounding bone ends
-articular cartilage: reduce friction, avascular, protects bone ends
-ligaments, nerves, blood vessels
Synarthroses (synarthrotic)
Immoveable; fibrous or cartilaginous
Amphiarthroses (amphiarthrotic)
Slightly moveable; fibrous or cartilaginous
Diarthroses
Freely moveable; all synovial
Syndesmoses
fibrous joint
(amphiarthrotic)—forearm and leg bones
- Bound by interosseous membrane
Sutures
fibrous joint
(synarthrotic)—anchor skull bones together
Gomphoses
fibrous joint
(synarthrotic)—anchor teeth
articular capsule
joint cavity
synovial fluid
synovial joints
synovial joint layers
Outer fibrous layer
- Holds joint together
Inner synovial membrane
- Covers internal joint surfaces not covered by cartilage
- Helps produce synovial fluid
articular cartalige
- Thin layer of hyaline cartilage
- Covers joint surface
- Reduces friction
- Acts as shock absorber
Ligaments
- Connect bone to bone
- Dense regular CT
- Stabilize synovial joints
Extrinsic ligaments
Outside the articular capsule
Intrinsic ligaments
Fused to wall of
articular capsule
Tendons
- Attach muscle to bone
- Help stabilize joint
- Dense regular CT
- Poor blood supply
Sensory receptors
Many in ligaments/articular capsule
- Pain, proprioception
Blood vessels
Dense vascular network
- Support tissues of joint
- Source of synovial fluid
- Nourishes articular cartilage
Bursae
- CT sacs of synovial fluid
- Found in synovial joints where bones, ligaments, tendons rub together
- Reduce friction
Tendon Sheaths
- Elongated bursae
- Wrap around tendons
- Predominant in wrist and ankle
- Reduce friction
Uniaxial
-Bone moves in one plane or axis
-synovial joint only