L6 Flashcards
What is arthrology?
The study of joints
What is a bony joint?
The fusing of two bones into one
Are suture joints movable?
No
What are the three types of fibrous joint sutures?
Serrate, Squamous, and Butt sutures
Which suture joint has an interlocking junction? Examples?
Serrate. Coronal, sagittal and samboid sutures
Which suture joint has a junction of two bones with overlapping beveled edges? Examples?
Squamous. Squamosal suture between temporal and parietal bones
What is the name for the fribrous joint of the tooth socket? Note: PDL is part of this but is not the joint
Gomphoses
Which kind of fibrous joints makes up the interosseous membrane between bones like radius and ulna and tibia and fibula?
Syndesmoses
The costal cartilage involved in rib attachment to the sternum is what kind cartilaginous joint?
Synchondroses
What are the slightly movable cartilaginous joints?
Symphyses such as intervertebral discs and the pubic symphysis made of fibrocartilage
Which joints are the most movable type in which two joints are separated by a fluid-filled space called a joint space?
Synovial joints
Which part of the synovial joint is continuous with the periosteum?
The joint capsule
