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7 primary functions of the bone

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  1. Support the weight of the body
  2. Movement in concert with muscles
  3. Protection of internal organs
  4. Growth
  5. Storage of minerals (phosphorous and calcium)
  6. Storage of fat within yellow marrow cavities
  7. Blood cell formation within red marrow cavities
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What is the real term for blood cell formation?

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hematopoiesis

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Where is red marrow found in adults?

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Flat bones

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Two divisions of the skeleton

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Axial

Appendicular

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Axial skeleton

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Bones of the axis of the body

Skull, thorax, vertebral column

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Appendicular skeleton

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bones of the appendages and limbs

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5 types of bone

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Long
Short
Flat
Sesamoid
Irregular
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How do we classify a long bone?

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The length of the bone is greater than its diameter

9
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Where are long bones found?

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In the appendages

10
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How many ossification centers do long bones have

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Multiple (3 - 2 epiphasis, 1 diaphysis)

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Ossification center

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Where ossification first begins
The site of the earliest bone formation via accumulation of osteoblasts within connective tissue (intramembranous ossification) or of earliest destruction of cartilage before onset of ossification (endochondrial ossification)

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Endochondrial ossification

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  • A cartilage model

- Mesenchymal cells become chondroblasts which produce a cartilage model which is later replaced by bones

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What kind of ossification happens with long bones?

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endochondrial ossification

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Diaphysis

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long, straight main body of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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End regions of the bones

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Metaphysis

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Region of the bone lying between the diaphysis and epiphysis

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Metaphyseal growth plate

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located between epiphyses and diaphysis in young animals. Composed of cartilage

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Short bones have approx. ______ dimensions

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Equal

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How many center of ossification do short bones have?

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1

Therefore, no growth plates

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When are flat bones present?

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When either extensive protection or large muscle attachment area is necessary.

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Diploe

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Cancellous tissue enclosed by two thin layers of cortical bone.
In certain areas of the skull, this is absorbed to form air sinuses

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How are irregular bones formed?

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Both endochondral ossification and intramembrous ossification

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Intramembrous ossification

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Bone formation without a cartilage model

Mesenchymal cells become osteoblasts directly rather than becoming chondroblasts

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Sesamoid bones

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Small, seed-like bones that are embedded in muscle tendons

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All sesamoid bones are short bones, but

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not all short bones are sesamoid bones

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Three purposes of sesamoid bones

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  • Eliminates tendon shear
  • Redirects line of force
  • Increases torque
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Periosteum

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  • Lines outer surface of the bone
  • Source of osteoblast progenitor cells (healing fractures)
  • Rich in nerves and blood vessels; extremely sensitive
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Osteoblasts

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Cells that lay down bone

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Endosteum

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lines inner surface of bone

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Medullary Cavity

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Location of bone marrow (red or yellow)

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Younger animals will have more _____ marrow

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red

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Most bones are formed by

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endochondrial ossification

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What bones are formed by intramembrous ossification

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Flat bones, including the bones of the calvaria (top of the skull) and face

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Why is the growth plate clinically relevant

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Often the primary site for infection, metastisis, fractures, and effects of endocrine disorders

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What results in dwarfism?

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Achondroplasia

chondrodystrophy

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Chondrodystrophy

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  • Cartilage maldevelopment
  • Genetic conditions
  • Causes arrested growth of long bones
  • Results in disproportionate dwarves
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Bone blood supply

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  • Nutritional vessels enters the diaphysis and epiphysis
  • The majority of long bones have a single nutrient foramen that accommodates a nutrient artery that enters the bone mid-diaphysis
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What supplies the outer, cortical bone?

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Periosteal blood vessels

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Wolff’s Law

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Normal bone remodels in response to the stress placed upon it

40
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If a load in a particular area of the bone increases,

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The bone will remodel to become stronger to resist the force

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Myology

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The study of muscles

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Three types of muscle

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smooth, skeletal, cardiac

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Smooth muscle

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  • In organs and blood vessels

- ANS

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Skeletal muscle

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  • Attached to the skeleton

- Voluntary

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Cardiac muscle

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  • Muscle of the heart

- ANS

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The locomotor system (apparatus) includes

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all structures that provide the body with:

  • stability (skeleton)
  • independent movement (muscles/joints)
  • the basis for the characteristic conformation of individual species
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The musculoskeletal system is divided into two components:

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The muscular system - Active

The skeletal system - Passive

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The muscular (active) component

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  • Consists of muscles that move parts of the individual body such as the limbs, the trunk, and the head
  • Provides the individual with means of locomotion
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Skeletal muscle fibers are made to

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actively contract

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Three layers of connective tissue surrounding skeletal muscle fibers

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Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium

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Epimysium

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outermost connective tissue surrounding the muscle belly

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Perimysium

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extend from epimysium into the muscle; divides muscle into smaller units called musclefascicles

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Endomysium

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Extends from the perimysium to envelop individual fiber muscle cells

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7 criteria for muscle nomenclature

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  • Shape
  • Size
  • Relative position/direction
  • Origin and insertion
  • Function
  • Structure
  • Combo of above
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Muscles attach to bones via

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tendons

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Tendon of origin

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  • May originate from bone, another muscle, or skin

- Usually the more proximal or fixed point of a muscle attachment

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Tendon of insertion

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  • Inserts on bone, another muscle, or skin

- Usually distal or movable part of the muscle

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Aponeurosis

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A sheet-like tendon that allows muscles to have broader attachments

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Three associated structures that ease the effect of excessive pressure or friction associated with tendons

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  • Sesamoid bones
  • Synovial subtendonous bursa
  • Synovial sheath
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Ligaments attach

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bone to bone

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5 arrangements of muscle fibers

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  1. Parallel to the long axis (strap-like)
  2. Fusiform (spindle-shaped)
  3. Pennate (angled to one side)
  4. Bipennate (angled to the inside)
  5. Mulitpennate (multiple different angles)
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More fibers, more cross sectional area =

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more powerful

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Arrangement of muscle fibers in biceps brachii, triceps brachii, quadriceps femoris, ect.

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Muscles arise by two, three, or four heads that merge into one tendon of insertion

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Arrangement of muscle fibers in digastricus, brachiocephalicus, ect

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Two or more fleshy regions are separated by an intermediate tendon forming digastric or polygastric units

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Arrangement of muscle fibers in Orbicularis occuli, orbicularis oris, external anal sphincter

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Muscle fibers arranged into rings that surrounded natural openings

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Synovial bursa

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  • One-sided protection of muscle tendons

- Can be subcutaneous, subtendinous, or intertendinous

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Synovial tendon sheaths

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Synovial fluid-filled sacs that surround muscle tendons

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Fascia

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  • Allow muscles to function as units

- Divided into superficial and deep

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Superficial fascia

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Usually loose connective tissue

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Deep fascia

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  • Dense collagenous connective tissue from which some muscles may originate or insert; attaches to bone
  • Surrounds and compartmentalizes muscles; distinct fascial septa separate groups of muscles from one another and result in fascial planes
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Clinical relevance of understanding fascial planes?

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Understand the spread of infection -will spread to the area of least resistance

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Arthrology

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The study of the structure and function of joints

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Joint

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  • A point of contact, or articulation, between two or more bones/cartilage
  • Provides support and movement to the skeleton
  • Keep in mind that not all joints are moveable
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Two types of classification of joints

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  • Functional

- Structural

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Functional classification of joints

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Physiological classification -based on the amount of movement permitted

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Structural classification of joints

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Anatomical classification

Based on structure, which is based on the type of connective tissue present between bones

77
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Three types of functional classification of joints

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  • Synarthroses
  • Amphiarthroses
  • Diarthroses
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Synarthroses

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  • Immovable joints

- Includes: synostosis

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Amphiarthroses

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  • Semimovable joints

- Includes: suture, syndesmosis, synchondrosis

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Diarthroses

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  • Freely movable joints

- Includes: Synovial joints

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Three types of structural classification of joints

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  • Fibrous
  • Cartilaginous
  • Synovial
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Fibrous joint

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  • Strong fibrous connective tissue (dense irregular) between articulating bone
  • Little to no movement
  • In some cases, bones can fuse resulting in a bony joint (synostosis)
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Cartilaginous joint

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-Cartilage, either hyaline or fibrocartilage, between articulating bones = limited movement

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Synovial joint

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-Joint cavity between articulating bones lined with synovial membranes = free movement

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Three types of fibrous joints

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Suture
Syndesmosis
Gomphosis

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Suture joint

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  • Seams (interdigitation) of the bones and the skull

- Gradually eliminated via ossification (results in synostosis)

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Gomphosis

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  • Tooth in alveolus, united by periodontal ligament

- Not technically a joint by classic definition because teeth are technically not considered bones

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Syndesmosis

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Bones joined by interosseous ligaments (radius/ulna and tibia/fibula)

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Two types of cartilaginous joints

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Synchondrosis

Symphysis

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Synchondrosis

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  • Hyaline cartilage union

- Ex. Coastal cartilage connecting ribs to sternum, growth plates

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Symphysis

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  • Occurs in the midline of the body where articulating bones are connected via a flat disc of fibrocartilage
  • Ex. pelvic symphysis, intervertebral disc
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Synovial joint classification types

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  • Number of bones

- Shape

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Structure of a synovial joint

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  • Joint capsule consists of an outer fibrous layer and an inner synovial membrane
  • The outer fibrous layer blends with the periosteum and is thickened in some joints to form ligaments
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Inner synovial membrane of a synovial joint

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Highly vascularized, has nerves, and the synoviocytes produce synovial fluid for lubrication and nutrition of the bone surfaces

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Three accessory structures of the synovial joint

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  • Meniscus
  • Ligament
  • Fat pads
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Meniscus

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Fibrocartilage located within the synovial cavity

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Ligaments

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  • Extracapsular: located outside of the joint capsule
  • Intracapsular: occur within the joint capsule, but are excluded from the synovial cavity by folds of the synovial membrane
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Fat pads

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Between fibrous and synovial layers, may protrude into joint cavity

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Ways synovial joints can be classified

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By number of articulating bones
-Simple joint
-Compound joint
How well bones fit together
-Congruent joint
-Incongruent joint
Shape
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Simple vs Compound synovial joints

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Simple - formed by two bones

Compound - formed by more than two bones

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Congruent vs incongruent synovial joints

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Congruent - two articular surfaces fit together

Incongruent - two articular surfaces do not fit together

102
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Shape of a joint determines

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Permitted motions around the joint

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Hinge synovial joint

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Permits angular motion in one plane

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Spheroidal synovial joint

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  • Ball and socket

- Permits rotation and other movement

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Plane synovial joint

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Permits angular motion in one plane

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Condylar synovial joint

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formed by two condyles of one bone fitting into concavities of another bone

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Pivot synovial joint

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permits rotation around the longitudinal axis of a bone

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Ellipsoidal synovial joint

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oval surface nestles within a depression in the opposing surface

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Saddle synovial joint

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articular surfaces of the two articulating bones are concave

110
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7 synovial joint shapes

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Saddle
Ellipsoidal
Pivot
Condylar
Plane
Spheroidal
Hinge
111
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Two kinds of motion of synovial joints

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Gliding/translation

Angular motion

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Gliding/translation

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two surfaces slide past each other

113
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11 Angular motions of synovial joints

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  • Flexion
  • Extension
  • Hyperextension
  • Adduction
  • Abduction
  • Circumduction
  • Left/right
  • Lateral rotation
  • Medial rotation
  • Pronation of the forearm
  • Supination of the forearm
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Flexion

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Decreasing angle between bones

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Extension

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Increasing angle between bones to approx. 180 degrees

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Hyperextension

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Increasing angle past anatomical position

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Abduction

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Moving away from median plane

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Adduction

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Moving towards median plane

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Circumduction

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Movement circumscribing a cone shape

120
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Left/Right

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Head movement

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Pronation

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Palmar surface rotated to touch ground

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Supination

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Palmar surface faces medially

123
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Purpose of intra-articular injections

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  • Anesthetics for lameness evaluations

- Treatment for osteoarthritis