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Skeletal System: Joints Flashcards

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JOINTS

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point where 2 or more bones meet

3 Types: FIBROUS, CARTILAGINOUS, and SYNOVIAL

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FIBROUS JOINTS

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strong, tough
designed to limit motion and provide stability

sutures, gomphoses, syndesmoses

found in skull, jaw, between long bones

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CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS

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allow little mvmt
made of fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage

2 types: PRIMARY and SECONDARY

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SYNOVIAL JOINTS

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more moveable w range of motion
most common type of joint

comprised of articular capsule (fibrous outer later and inner synovial membrane)

mainly found in limbs and but found in top of spine and skull

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SUTURES

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synarthrotic joints; little to no mvmt; found in flat bones of skull

INTER-LOCKING PATTERN wavy edges provide greater stability

PERISOTEUM continuous w layer of skull into deep thin cracks bw adjacent bones

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GOMPHOSIS

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immobile joints bw roots of teeth and alveolar bones

held in place by PERIODONTAL LIGAMENTS

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SYNDESMOSIS

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slightly moveable joint connecting the shaft of 2 long bones

provides stability
site of muscle attachment
muscle compartment

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PERIODONTAL LIGAMENTS

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ligaments connect rounded extension of teeth to sockets and provides sensory info

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PRIMARY CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS

SYNCHONDROSES

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made of hyaline cartilage

found on ends of developing bones for growth along length of bone

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SECONDARY CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS

SYMPHYSES

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thick gel like to act as shock absorber and provide flexibility. composed of hyaline and fibrocartilage

found in spine (INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS) and pelvis (PUBIC SYMPHYSIS)

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Types of Synovial Joints

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1 PIVOT
2 PLANE
3 HINGE
4 SADDLE
5 CONDYLOID
6 BALL + SOCKET
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HINGE JOINT

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one plane mvmt - flexion and extension on same axis

like elbows

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PIVOT JOINT

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one bone rotates about another

ex) atlanto-axial joint (atlas rotates around axis)

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SADDLE JOINT

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permits mvmt in 2 diff planes by abduction and adduction and circumduction

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PLANE JOINT

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gliding mvmt

like scapula and clavicle

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BALL + SOCKET JOINT

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highly mobile

for flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial and lateral rotation, and circumduction

hip joint

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Factors that determine how mobile a joint is

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1 type of tissue in joint
2 orientation and elasticity of surrounding muscles/ligaments
3 articulating shape of joint
4 size of subcutaneous tissue (fat) and muscle

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ATLANTO OCCIPITAL JOINT

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type of SYNOVIAL JOINT allows for YES motion (flexion/depression and extension/elevation)

superior surface of Atlas bone and Occipital Condyle (inferior facing surface of skull)

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ATLANTO AXIAL JOINT

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2 types of synovial joints: GLIDING SYNOVIAL JOINTS (right and left atlantoaxial joints)
PIVOT SYNOVIAL JOINTS (medial)

3 articulations: RIGHT, LEFT, MEDIAL atlanto axial joint

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Ligaments of Atlanto Axial Joints

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Cruciate Ligaments composed of LONGITUDINAL BANDS and TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT

ALAR LIGAMENT anterior longitudinal prevents excessive rotation found on both sides of dens

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ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINT

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synovial gliding joint of vertebral arches (more mvmt in lumbar region)
joint connects INFERIOR ARTICULAR FACET of one vertebrae with the SUPERIOR ARTICULAR FACET of the vertebrae below.
covered in a JOINT CAPSULE

each vertebrae has 2 sets of Zygapophysieal joints.

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LUMBOSACRAL ANGLE

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connects the superior surface of SACRUM to inferior surface of LUMBAR

poor posture can lead to exaggeration of lumbosacral angle, leading to LUMBAR LORDOSIS, and back pain

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STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT

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Synovial saddle joint that joins medial end of clavicle to Clavicular Notch of Manubrium, and to First Costal Cartilage

surrounded by capsule and supported by strong ligaments w an ARTICULAR DISC

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ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT

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weak synovial joint prone to sprains allows for rotation of sacromion of scapula
articulation of medal surface of scapula and lateral end of clavicle

both articular surface are covered w fibrocartilage w an articular disc

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ARTICULAR DISC
that separates the 2 joints and acts as a shock absorber
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GLENOHUMERAL JOINT
somewhat unstabe multiaxial synovial ball and socket joint ball is round end of humerus, socker is glenoid cavity of scapula ligaments that help are extrascapular ligaments, rotator cuff muscles, long head of brachii tendon
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ELBOW JOINT
2 synovial hinge joint of HUMEROULNAR and HUMERORADIAL JOINTS w 3 separate articulations and joint capsule
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ELBOW JOINT Articulations
trochlea of humerus and trochlear of ulna capitulum of humerus nd concavity of head of radius proximal radioulnar joint (unstable)
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ELBOW JOINT CAPSULE
on medial and lateral sides, capsule has thickeninfs to form ligaments
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PROXIMAL RADIO-ULNAR JONTS
synovial pivot joint - mvmt of radial head on the ulna
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DISTAL RADIO-ULNAR JOINT
relatively fixed pivot synovial joint (allows ponation and supination of forearm) ulnar head articulates w ulnar notch of radius supoported by palmar and dorsal radioulnar ligaments
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WRIST JOINTS
distal end of radius articulates w distal end of ulna and prximar carpalms (ulna does not participate) surrounded by fibrous capsules w synovial membrane within
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WRIST JOINTS
distal end of radius articulates w distal end of ulna and prximar carpalms (ulna does not participate) mvmt in 2 axes: adduction and abduction; flexion and extension surrounded by fibrous capsules w synovial membrane within
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WRIST JOINTS
distal end of radius articulates w distal end of ulna and prximar carpalms (ulna does not participate) mvmt in 2 axes: adduction and abduction; flexion and extension surrounded by fibrous capsules w synovial membrane within
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palmar radiocarpal ligaments
stabilise wrist joints attaching to radius and to carpal bones
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DORSAL RADIOCARPAL LIGAMENTS
dorsal surface
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ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS
medial of wrist joints
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RADIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT
lateral of wrist joints
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joints of hand
CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS DISTAL
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METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS
5 condylar joint bw distal head of metacarpal bone and proximal phalanx allows flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumspection, and limited rotation palmar ligaments, medial and lateral collateral ligaments
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INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS
hinge joint bw 2 phalanges (either PROXIMAL or DISTAL) allows flexion adn extension first digit (thumb) only has one interphalangeal joint
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INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS
hinge joint bw 2 phalanges (either PROXIMAL or DISTAL) allows flexion adn extension first digit (thumb) only has one interphalangeal joint
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KNEE JOINT
hinge synovial joint w joint capsule for flexion and extension but also permits rotation around vertical axis somewhat unstable , stability depends on surrounding muscle/ligament strength 2 joints TIBIOFEMORAL and PATELLOFEMORAL
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TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT
2 articulations: medial and lateral between tibia and femur
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SACROILIAC JOINT
synovial joint; one of the most stable/strongest joints; | transfers weight fr axial to lower limb
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HIP JOINT
ball+socket synovial joint connects pelvic girdle to lower limb w joint capsule head of femur to acetabulum (cavity on hipbone)
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PUBIC SYMPHYSIS
fibrocartilage joint that connects right and left anterior hip bones little to no mvmt can separate fr gestation or childbirth
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PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT
single articulation bw patella and femur
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extracapsular ligaments of KNEE JOINT
``` PATELLAR LIGAMENT (strong, thick anterior of knee joint), FIBULAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT (cordlike strong fr lateral surface of fibular head to lateral epicondyle of femur), TIBIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT (strong flat from medial epicondyle of femur to superior part of medial surface of tibia) ```

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