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1
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Define Articulation

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Site where 2 or more bones meet

2
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Function of joints

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Give skeleton mobility

Hold skeleton together

3
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Joints are classified on allowed movement

Name 3 classifications

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Synarthroses - immoveable

Amphiarthroses - slightly moveable

Diarthroses - freely movable

4
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Name 3 structural classifications

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Fibrous

Cartilaginous

Synovial

5
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Define fibrous joints

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Bones joined by dense fibrous connective tissue

No joint cavity

Most are synarthrotic (immovable)

3 types

  1. sutures
  2. syndesmoses
  3. gomphoses
6
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Fibrous Joints: sutures

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  • Rigid, interlocking joints containing short connective tissue fibers
  • Allow for growth during youth
  • In middle age, sutures ossify and are called synostoses
7
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Fibrous Joints: Syndesmoses

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Bones connected by ligaments (bands of fibrous tissue)

Movement varies from immovable to slightly movable

Examples:

  1. Synarthrotic distal tibiofibular joint
  2. Diarthrotic interosseous connection between radius and ulna
8
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Fibrous Joints: Gomphoses

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Peg-in-socket joints of teeth in alveolar sockets

Fibrous connection is the periodontal ligament

9
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Cartilaginous Joints

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  • Bones unitd by cartilage
  • NO JOINT CAVITY
  • 2 types
    1. Synchondroses - A bar or plate of hyaline cartilage unites the bone
    2. Symphyses - Hyaline cartilage covers the articulating surfaces and is fused to an intervening pad of fibrocartilage, slight movement
10
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Synovial Joints

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All are diarthrotic (free movable)

Include all limb joints; most joints of the body

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Distinguishing features of Synovial Joints

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  1. Articular cartilage: hyaline
  2. Joint (synovial) cavity; small potential space
  3. Articular capsule
  4. Synovial fluid - viscous slippery filtrate of plasma + hyaluronic acid lubricates and nourishes articular cartilage
  5. Reinforcing ligaments - capsular, extracapsular, intracapsular
  6. Rich nerve and blood supply-detect pain, joint position and stretch, capillaries beds make synovial fluid
12
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Synovial Joints: friction-reducing structures

What is a bursae?

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  • flattened, fibrous sacs lined with synovial membranes
  • contain synovial fluid
  • commonly act “ball bearings” where ligaments, muscles, skin, tendon, or bones rub together
13
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Synovial Joints: Friction-reducing structures:

Tendon Sheath: What is this?

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Elongated bursa that wraps completely around a tendon

14
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Stabilizing Factors at synovial joints (3)

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  • Shapes of articular surface (minor role)
  • Ligament number and location(limited role)
  • Muscle tone, which keeps tendons that cross the joint taut

—-Extremely important in reinforcing should and knee joints and arches of the foot

15
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Name the ranges of motion

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  • Nonaxial - slipping movements only
  • Uniaxial - movement in 1 plane
  • Biaxial - movement in 2 planes
  • multiaxial- movement in or around 3 planes
16
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Structural and Functional Characteristics of body joints

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Look at the pictures

17
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Movements of Synovial Joints (4)

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  1. Gliding
  2. Angular movements:

Flexion, extension, hyperextension

Adbduction, adduction

circumduction

  1. Rotation

Medial and lateral rotation

  1. Special movements

Supination, pronation

Doriflexion, plantar flexion of foot

Inversion, eversion

Protraction, retraction

Elevation, depression

Opposition

18
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What is gliding movements?

A

One flat bone surface glides or slips over another similar surface

Example:

intercarpal joints

intertarsal joints

between articular processes of vertebrae

19
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Angular Movements Description

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  • Movements that occur along the saggital plane:
    1. Flexion - decreases the angle of the joint
    2. Extension - increases the angle of the joint
    3. Hyperextension - excessive extension beyond normal range of motion
20
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Angular Movements

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Occur along the frontal plane:

Abdction: movement away from the midline

Adduction: movement toward the midline

Circumduction: flexion + abduction+extension+adduction of a limb so as to describe a cone in space

21
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Rotation

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The turning of a bone around its own long axis

Examples

Between c1 and c2 vertebrae

Rotation of humerus and femur

22
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Special movements

movements of radius and ulna

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Supination - rotating palms to be facing forward - hold a bowl of soup

Pronation - palms posterior -pro basketball players dribble with a pronated hand

23
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Movements of foot:

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Dorsiflexion (upward)

Plantar Flexion (down)

Pronation - flat footed

supination - high arch

inversion - turn sole medially

eversion - turn sole laterally

24
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Picture of inversion and eversion of foot

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look at picture

25
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What are movements in transverse plane?

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Protraction - anterior movement

Retraction - posterior movement

26
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What is elevation and depression?

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Elevation (lifting body part superiorly)

Depression (moving body part inferiorly)

27
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What is opposition of the thumb?

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movement in the saddle joint so that the thumb touches the tips of the other fingers

28
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Classification of synovial joints based on shape of articular surfaces (6)

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plane

hinge

pivot

condyloid

saddle

ball and socket

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What are plane joints?

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  • Nonaxial joint
  • flat articular sufaces
  • short gliding movements
30
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Hinge Joints

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  • Uniaxial joint
  • motion along a single plane
  • flexion and extension only
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Pivot Joints

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  • rounded end of one bone conforms to a sleeve or ring of another bone
  • uniaxial movement only
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Condyloid Joints (ellispsoidal)

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  • biaxial joint
  • both articular surfaces are oval

permit all angular movements

33
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Saddle joints

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  • biaxial
  • allow greater freedom of moveent than condyloid joints
  • each articular surface has both concave and convex areas
34
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Ball and socket joints

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multiaxial joint

most freely moving synovial joints

35
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knee joint

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  • larges mosts complex joint of body
  • three joints surrounded by a single joint cavity

—femoropatellar joint

—–plane joint

—–allows gliding motion during knee flexion

—lateral and medial tibiofemoral joints between femoral condyles and the C-shaped lateral and medial menisci (semilunal cartilages) of the tibia

—–allow flexion, extension, some rotation when knee is partly flexed

36
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superior view of the right tibia in the knee joint showing menisci and cruciate ligaments

A

See picture

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Knee joint

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  • atleast 12 associated bursae
  • capsule is reinforced by muscle tendons
  • joint capsule is thin and absent anteriorly
  • anteriorly, the quadriceps tendon gives rise to

—-lateral and medial patellar ritinacula

—-patellar ligament

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What does the capsular and extracapsular ligaments do?

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help prevent hyperextension

39
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what does the intracapsular ligament do?

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  • anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments
  • prevent anterior-posterior displacement
  • reside outside the synovial cavity
40
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Shoulder Joint (Glenohumeral)

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  • ball and socket joint: head of humerus and glenoid fossa of the scapula
  • stability os sacrificed for greater freedom of movement
41
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Anterior view of right shoulder joint capsule

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look at picture

42
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Lateral view of socket of right shoulder joint, humerus removed

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See picture

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Hip (coxal) joint

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  • ball and socket joint
  • head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum
  • good range of motion, but limited by the deep socket
  • acetabular labrum - enhances depth of socket
44
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See picture of Posterior view of right hip joint, capsule in place

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See picture

45
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See anterior view of right hip joint, capsule in place

A

see picture

46
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Temporomandibular Joint

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  • Mandibular condyle articulates with the temporal bone
  • Two types of movement

—-Hinge - depression and elevation of mandible

—Gliding —e.g. side-to-side (lateral excursion) grinding teeth

-Most easily dislocated joint in the body

47
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Common Joint Injuries

A

Sprains

Cartilage Tears

Dislocations (luxations)

Subluxation

48
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What are sprains?

How do we heal?

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ligaments are stretched or torn

partial tears slowly repair themselves

complete ruptures require prompt surgical repair

49
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Cartilage tears

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Due to compression and shear stress

Fragments may cause joint to lock or bind

cartilage rarely repairs itself

repaired with arthroscopic surgury

50
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Dislocations (luxations)

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Occur when bones are forced out of alignment

accompanied by sprains, inflammation, joint immobilization

caused by serious falls or playing sports

51
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Subluxation

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partial dislocation of joint

52
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Inflammatory and Degenerative Conditions

Name 3

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Bursitis

Tendonitis

Arthritis

53
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Bursitis

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Inflammation of a bursa, usually caused by a blow or friction

Treated with rest and ice and, if severe, anti-inflammatory drugs

54
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Tendonitis

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Inflammation of tendon sheaths typically caused by overuse

Symptoms and treatment similar to bursitis

55
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Arthritis - General explanation

A

100 different types of inflammatory or degenerative diseases that damage joints

Most widespread crippling disease in USA

Symptoms: pain, stiffness, swelling of joint

Acute forms: caused by bacteria, treated with antibiotics

Chronic forms: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis

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Osteoarthritis (OA)

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  • Common, irreversible, degenerative arthritis - wear and tear
  • 85% of all Americans develop 0A, more women than men
  • Probably related to normal aging process
  • More cartilage is destroyed than replaced in badly aligned or overworked joints
  • exposed bone end thickens, enlarge, form bone spurs, restrict movement
  • treatment: moderate activity, mild pain relievers, capsaicin creams, surgury
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Rheumatoid Arthrisitis (RA)

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  • Chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease - unknown cause
  • Usually arises between 40 and 50 but may occur at any age, 3 times more women as men
  • Signs and symptoms include joint pain, swelling (usually bilateral), anemia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, cardiovascular problems
  • RA begins with synovitis of affected joint
  • Inflammatory blood cells migrate to the joint, release inflammatory chemicals
  • Inflammed synovial membrane thickens into a pannus
  • Pannus erodes cartilage, scar tissue forms, articulating bone ends connect (ankylosis)
58
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Treatment of RA

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  • Conservative therapy: asprin, long-term use of antibiotics and PT
  • Progressive treatment: anti-inflammatory drugs or immunosuppressants
  • New biological response modifier drugs neutralize inflammatory chemicals
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Gouty Arthritis

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  • Deposition of uric acid crystals in joints and soft tissues, followed by inflammation
  • more common in men
  • typically affects the joint at the base of great toe
  • In untreated gouty arthritis, the bone ends fuse and immobilize the joint
  • treatment: drugs, plenty of water, avoid alcohol
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Lyme Disease

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  • caused by bacteria transmitted by deer tick
  • symptoms: skin rash, flu like symptoms, foggy thinking
  • may lead to joint pain and arthritis
  • treatment: antibiotics