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Articulations

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Fibrous joints   Synarthroidal joints  
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Synarthrodial joints   Immoveable joints  
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Cartilaginous joints   Slightly moveable joints  
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Synovial joints   Freely moveable joints  
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Hinge joints   Joints that act like a door on hinges, ex. knee  
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Condylar joints   Joints formed by a convex surface within a concave surface permitting movement in two planes, ex. wrist  
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Ellipsoidal joints   Condylar joints  
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Glinding joints   Formed by two flat surfaces coming together allowing side to side, back and forth movement and rotation, ex. intercarpal joints  
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Saddle joints   Formed by two saddle shaped surfaces allowing stabilized movement in two planes, ex. carpometacarpal joint in the thumb  
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Ball and socket joints   Formed by a round, convex surface in a socket or cavity allowing movement in all planes, ex. shoulder  
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Pivot joints   Formed by a cone shaped surface articulating with a concave notch of another bone allowing rotation only, ex. axis to atlas  
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Flexion   Bending movement that reduces the angle of a joint  
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Extension   Increases the angle of the joint  
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Hyperextension   Increasing the angle of the joint past 180 degrees, ex. looking up at the sky  
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Abduction   Moving away from the midline of the body  
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Adduction   Moving towards the midline of the body  
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Supination   Rolling the forearm so the palm faces anteriorly  
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Pronation   Rolling the forearm so the palm faces posteriorly  
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Rotation   Movement around the long axis of the bone  
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Lateral rotation   Rotating the anterior segment of the bone laterally  
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Medial rotation   Rotating the anterior segment of the bone medially  
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Right and left rotation   Rotation of the trunk or neck to the right or left  
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Circumduction   Circular or cone shaped movement involving a combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction, ex. drawing a circle on a chalkboard with a straight elbow  
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Elevation   Lifting a body part upwards  
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Depression   Moving a body part downwards  
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Dorsiflexion   Pulling the top or dorsal surface of the foot upwards  
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Plantar flexion   Pointing the plantar surface of the foot downwards  
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Eversion   Rolling the sole of the foot to face more laterally  
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Inversion   Rolling the sole of the foot to face more medially  
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Protraction   Moving a body part forward  
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Retraction   Moving a body part backward  
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Horiziontal abduction   Moving an abducted part of the body backward, ex. lowering the body in a push-up  
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Horizontal adduction   Moving and abducted body part forward, ex. pushing the body up in a push-up  
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Lateral flexion   Bending the trunk or neck laterally  
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Nuchal ligament   Binds spinous processes of the cervical vertebrae together  
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Acromioclavicular ligament   Binds the distal end of the clavicle with the acromion process  
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Transverse carpal ligament   Covers the tendons for the wrist and finger flexors  
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Flexor retinaculum   Transverse carpal ligament  
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Anterior cruciate ligament   Connects the femur to the tibia  
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Medial collateral ligament   Connects the tibia tot eh femur  
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Anterior talofibular ligament   Binds the distal fibula with the talus  
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Anterior longitudinal ligament   Covers the anterior side of the vertebrae  
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Posterior longitudinal ligament   Situated within the vertebral canal, and extends along the posterior surfaces of the bodies of the vertebræ, from the body of the axis, where it is continuous with the membrana tectoria, to the sacrum  
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Ligamentum flavum   Between lamina of adjacent vertebrae  
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Supraspinous ligament   Between spinous processes  
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Ligamentum nuchae   Nuchal ligament  
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Interspinous ligaments   From one spinous processes to another  
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Intertransverse ligaments   Between transverse processes  
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Ipsilateral   Same side (movement)  
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Ipsiflexor   Same side (movement)  
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Contralateral   Affects opposite side (twist, movement)  
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Contraflexor   Affects opposite side (twist, movement)  
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Unilateral   One side only contracting (movement)  
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Uniflexor   One side only contracting (movement)  
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Bilateral   Both sides  
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Radial deviation   Towards the radius (supination, abduction)  
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Ulnar deviation   Towards the ulna (pronation, adduction)  
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Lateral rotation of scapula   Upward  
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Medial rotation of scapula   Downward  
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Opposition   Bringing the thumb to touch the tips of the fingers of the same hand  
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