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Anatomy & Physiology Articulation/Joints Midterm Study

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SYNARTHROSES   IMMOVABLE JOINTS. NO MOTION (Ex. Sternocostal, tibiofibular)  
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AMPHIARTHROSES   SLIGHTLY MOVEABLE JOINTS (Ex. Vertebral Bodies, pubic bones)  
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DIARTHROSES   FREELY MOVABLE JOINTS (Ex. most appendicular)  
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3 TYPES OF JOINTS:   FIBROUS, CARTILAGINOUS, SYNOVIAL  
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FIBROUS JOINTS (SYNARTHROSES)   FIBROUS JOINTS ONLY; NO CAVITY. FEW AMPHIARTHROTIC; MOSTLY SYNARTHROTIC  
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FIBROUS JOINTS: 3 TYPES   SUTURES, SYNDESMOSES, GOMPHOSES  
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SUTURES   (Ex. Skull, Interdigitating articulating bone. SUTURES CONTAIN: FIBROUS CT (Until adulthood when they OSSIFY (synostoses) BECOMING BONY JUNCTIONS  
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SYNDESMOSES   (Ex. Tibiofibular joint, distal ends) BONES CONNECT VIA FILAMENTOUS SHEET OR CORD. FIBERS ARE LONGER THAN IN SUTURES, SLIGHTY MORE RESILIENT. (SYNARTHROTIC)  
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GOMPHOSES   (Ex. Fibrous connection = periodontal ligament) ARTICULATION OF TOOTH WITH BONY AVEOLAR SOCKET.  
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FUNCTIONS OF FIBROUS JOINTS   CONNECTS FLAT BONES LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE. FIBROUS BAND CALLED LIGAMENT CONNECT THE BONES. CONNECTS ROOT & JAW & TEETH TO SOCKET OF JAWBONE.  
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CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS (AMPHIARTHROSES)   MOST CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS ALLOW SOME MOTION AND ARE AMPHIARTHROTIC. ARTICULATING BONES ARE UNITED BY CARTILAGE. LACK A JOINT CAVITY. CHONDR/O = CARTILAGE  
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CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS: 2 TYPES   SYNCHONDROSES, SYMPHYSES  
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SYNCHONDROSES   HYALINE CARTILAGE UNITES BONES AT A SYNCHONDROSIS (Temporary Joints; Sites of Bone Growth). CARTILAGE IS REPLACED BY BONE (SYNOSTOTIC) Ex. Synarthrotic Epiphyseal Plate and Manubrium/1st Rib & functionally amphiarthrotic ribs 2-10  
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SYMPHYSES   ARTICULAR SURFACES OF BONE COVERED BY HYALINE CARTILAGE, FUSED TO A INTERVENING PAD OR PLATE. (Compressible, Resilient, Functionally Amphiarthrotic.) Ex. Pubic Symphysis (junction of pubic bones) and Intervertebral discs. Fibro cartilage between bones.  
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SYNOVIAL JOINTS (DIARTHROSES)   MOST SYNOVIAL JOINTS ARE FILLED WITH SYNOVIAL FLUID , WHICH LUBRICATES THE JOINT. ARTICULAR BONES SEPARATED BY FLUID FILLED JOINT CAVITY.  
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SYNOVIAL: 5 JOINTS OF LIMBS; DIARTHROTIC   1 ARTICULAR CARTILAGE (HYALINE) 2 JOINT CAVITY 3 ARTICULAR CAPSULE (EXTERNAL FIBROUS CAPSULE & INTERNAL SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE.) 4 SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE 5 REINFORCING LIGAMENTS: INTRINSIC, EXTRACAPSULAR, INTRACAPSULAR  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT AXIS OF MOTION:   NONAXIAL, UNIAXIAL, BIAXIAL, MULTIAXIAL  
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NONAXIAL   SLIPPING MOVEMENTS  
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UNIAXIAL   MOVEMENT IN ONE PLANE (Phalanges, radius/ulna, femur/tibia)  
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BIAXIAL   MOVEMENT IN TWO PLANES (Occipital bone/Atlas)  
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MULTIAXIAL   MOVEMENT IN THREE PLANES (Scapula/Humerus, coxal bone/femur)  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT ROM - TYPE OF MOTIONS:   GLIDING, ANGULAR, FLEXION, EXTENSION, ABDUCTION, ADDUCTION, CIRCUMDUCTION, ROTATION  
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GLIDING   BONES DISPLACED IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER Ex. Intercarpal, inntertarsal, intervertebral joints.  
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ANGULAR   CHANGES ANGLE BETWEEN TWO BONES. Ex. Increase/Decrease angle of a joint.  
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FLEXION/EXTENSION   FLEXION: BENDING; DECREASING ANGLE. EXTENSION: STRETCHING; INCREASING ANGLE  
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ABDUCTION/ADDUCTION   ABDUCTION: MOVE AWAY FROM MIDLINE. (Spread fingers apart) ADDUCTION: MOVE TOWARD MIDLINE (Close fingers together)  
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CIRCUMDUCTION   DRAW AROUND, CONICAL SHAPE  
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ROTATION   TURNING MOVEMENT OF A BONE AROUND ITS OWN AXIS. Ex. Atlas and Axis of the vertebrae.  
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SYNOVIAL JOINTS - TYPES:   PLANE, CONDYLOID, SADDLE, HINGE, PIVOT, BALL-AND-SOCKET.  
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JOINTS ARE CLASSIFIED BY:   STRUCTURE & FUNCTION  
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FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION: 3 TYPES   SYNARTHROSES DIARTHROSES AMPHIARTHOSES  
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STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION: 3 TYPES   FIBROUS JOINTS CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS SYNOVIAL JOINTS  
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SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE   SECRETES A WATERY FLUID CALLED SYNOVIAL FLUID  
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SYNOVIAL FLUID   SIMILAR TO BLOOD PLASMA WITHOUT PROTEINS. PERMITS FRICTIONLESS MOTION.  
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JOINT CAPSULE   MADE OF DENSE IRREGULAR COLLEGENOUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE. PROVIDES STRENGTH AND STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT. LINED BY SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE.  
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ARTICULAR CARTILAGE   ARTICULATING ENDS OF BONES AE COVERED (USUALLY HYALINE CARTILAGE). PROVIDES SMOOTH, NEARLY FRICTIONLESS SURFACE FOR ARTICULATION.  
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LIGAMENTS   BONES ARE HELD TOGETHER BY LIGAMENTS. REINFORCE THE JOINT. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC LIGAMENTS ARE A PART OF AND OUTSIDE THE JOINT CAPSULE.  
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ARTICULAR DISCS - MENISCI   ARTICULAR DISCS OF FIBROCARTILAGE PADS. PROVIDE IMPROVED FIT OF TWO BONES TO PREVENT DISLOCATION  
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ACL/PCL - ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS   ANTERIOR CRUCIATE: EXTENDS FROM ANT. TIBIAL PLATEAU TO LATERAL FEMORAL CONDYLE. FUNCTION: PREVENT HYPEREXTENSION OF KNEE POSTERIOR CRUIATE: EXTENDS FROM POST. TIBIAL PLATEAU TO MEDIAL FEMORAL. FUNCTION: PREVENT POST. DISPLACEMENT OF TIBIA ON FEMUR  
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MEDIAL/LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS MLC/LCL   MEDIAL AND LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS EXTEND FROM MEDIAL TIBIA AND LATERAL FIBULA TO FEMUR. FUNCTION: RESIST VARUS AND VALGUS (MEDIAL AND LATERAL) STRESSES.  
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BURSAE   FLUID FILLED SACS AROUND JOINT OF KNEE, TO REDUCE FRICTION AROUND KNEE AS IT MOVES.  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT TYPE MOVEMENTS: PLANE   PLANE - FLAT SURFACES ALLOW GLIDING PAST OTHER BONES  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT TYPE MOVEMENTS: HINGE   HINGE - ELBOW (CONVEX SURFACE OF ONE BONE, FITS INTO CONCAVE ARTICULATION SURFACE OF ANOTHER.) BONES FIT LIKE HINGE OF A DOOR.  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT TYPE MOVEMENTS: PIVOT   PIVOT - BONE ROTATES AROUND ANOTHER. (USUALLY HAS A ROUNDED PROJECTION THAT FITS INTO ANOTHER GROOVE OF ANOTHER BONE.)  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT TYPE MOVEMENTS: CONDYLOID   CONDYLOID - ONE BONE THAT FITS INTO THE CONCAVE SURFACE OF ANOTHER.  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT TYPE MOVEMENTS: SADDLE   SADDLE - RESEMBLE CONDYLOID JOINTS BUT PERMIT GREATER RANGE OF MOVEMENT  
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SYNOVIAL JOINT TYPE MOVEMENTS: BALL-AND-SOCKET   BALL-AND-JOINT ARE ROUNDED, BALL LIKE END OF BONE THAT FITS INTO THE CONCAVE SOCKET OF ANOTHER BONE (SHOULDER)  
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FLEXION   MOVEMENT IN ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR PLANE. DECREASES ANGLE AT THE JOINT. (Ex. Neck, Head, Hip)  
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EXTENSION   MOVEMENT IN ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR PLANE. INCREASES ANGLE AT THE JOINT. Ex. When laying flat, all major axis/appendicular skeletal joints are at full extension)  
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HYPEREXTENSION   EXTENDS PAST ANATOMICAL POSITION.  
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FLEXION   VERTEBREAL COLUMN BENDS TO SIDE AT CERVICAL/THROACIC REGIONS.  
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DORSIFLEXION   MOVEMENT OF ANKLE THAT DECREASES ANGLE BETWEEN FOOT AND LEG.  
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PLANTAR FLEXION   EXTENDS AT ANKLE (Pointing Toes, Standing on tiptoes)  
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MEDIAL/LATERAL ROTATION   MEDIAL: TOWARD TRUNK (INTERNAL) (Palms down) LATERAL: OUTWARD/AWAY FROM TRUNK (EXTERNAL) (Palms up)  
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OPPOSITION   TOUCHING THUMB TO PINKI. (1ST CARPOMETACARPAL TO THE 5TH METACARPOPHALANGEAL) AKA GRASPING  
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PROTRACTION/RETRACTION   MOVING A BODY PART AWAY ANTERIORALLY IN HORIZONTAL PLANE. Ex. Extending jaw outward RETRACTION: Ex. Moving jaw inward to normal Ex. Clavicles protract when you cross your arms  
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DEPRESSION/ELEVATION   DEPRESSION: BODY PART MOVES INFERIORLY - ELEVATION: LIFTING BODY STRUCTURE SUPERIORLY Ex. Opening and closing jaws/mouth.  
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INVERSION/EVERSION   INVERSION: TWISTING OF FOOT INWARD, TURING SOLE INWARD, ELEVATING MEDIAL SOLE. EVERSION: TWISTING/TURNING OF FOOT OUTWARD  
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PRONATION   TURNING PALM OVER TO FACE DOWN POSTERIORLY  
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SUPINATION   TURNING PALM UP ANTERIORLY  
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