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1
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the study of joints

A

arthrology

2
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the study of movement

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kinesiology (functional relationship between skeleton, muscles, and nerve supply)

3
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sutures, syndesmoses, & gomphosis are ____ joints

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fibrous

4
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symphyses & synchondroses are ____ joints

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cartilagenous

5
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___ joints can be found in the knee

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synovial

6
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immovable joints

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synarthrosis

7
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slightly movable joints

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amphiarthrosis

8
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freely movable

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diarthrosis

9
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thin layer of fibrous CT connecting cranial bones, what their function?

A

sutures, synarthrosis

10
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bones fuse to form a single bone

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synostosis (fetal frontal bone fuses into 1)

11
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articulating bones are held together by fibrous CT, whats their function?

A

syndesmoses, amphiarthrosis (connecting tibia/fibula- ligament)

12
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gomphosis? an example & is functionally a ___

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only 1 example- peridontal ligament (teeth)
attaches teeth into their sockets in alveolar bones
synarthrosis

13
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__ is a thin pad of fibrocartilage between bones, functionally its…

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symphysis

amphiarthrosis

14
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__ is hyaline cartilage, and functionally ___

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synchondrosis, amphiarthrosis in ribs and vertebrae (except when in epiphyseal plate then synarthrosis)

15
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space between articulating bones that has fluid in joint cavity

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synovial

16
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classifying joints:

  • flat articular surface
  • a location
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gliding joint (most simple movement)
intercarpal/tarsal
17
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classifying joints:

  • convex surface of one bone fits into concave surface of other bone
  • a location
A

hinge joint

in antecubital area, helps bend upward

18
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classifying joints:

  • rounded surface of one bone articulates within a ring formned partly by bone and partly a ligament (rotation on single plane)
  • location
A

pivot joint

neck (turning side to side) or wrist

19
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classifying joints:

  • oval shaped condyle articulating with a cavity of another (movement in 2 planes)
  • location
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condyloid or ellipsoidal (adduction/abduction)

radiocarpal joint/ radius

20
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classifying joints:

  • articular surface of one bone is saddle shaped (biaxial)
  • location
A

saddle joint

base of thumb (trapezium)

21
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classifying joints:

  • ball like surface of one bone fits into a cup like depression of another (triaxial)
  • location
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ball and socket (spheroid)

shoulder (circumduction)