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This study stack comes from Chapter 10 of the Lab Manual: Articulations

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ARTHROLOGY   The study of joints  
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ARTICULATIONS   The place where two or more bones come together to produce movement.  
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THREE MAJOR KINDS OF JOINTS   Fibrous joints, Cartilaginous joints, Synovial joints  
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MAJOR TYPE OF JOINT THAT CONNECTS ONE BONE TO ANOTHER WITH COLLAGENOUS FIBERS AND THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR MUCH, IF ANY, MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE BONES   Fibrous Joints  
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A TYPE OF FIBROUS JOINT THAT OCCURS BETWEEN ADJACENT BONES IN THE CRANIUM   Suture  
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THE NAME OF THE JOINT THAT FORMS AS A RESULT OF THE COMPLETE FUSION OF TWO BONES SUCH AS WHAT OCCURS IN THE SUTURES AS A PERSON AGES   Synostosis  
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TYPE OF FIBROUS JOINT CALLED "A PEG IN A SOCKET" --- EXAMPLE: THE SOCKETS FOR YOUR TEETH IN BOTH YOUR MAXILLA AND YOUR MANDIBLE   Gomphosis  
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A FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE (LIGAMENT) THAT TIGHTLY HOLDS A TOOTH IN ITS SOCKET   Periodontal  
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THE TYPE OF FIBROUS JOINT FOUND BETWEEN THE DISTAL END OF THE RADIUS AND THE ULNA   Syndesmosis  
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THE MEMBRANOUS "SOFT SPOTS" IN AN INFANTS SKULL WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY FORM SUTURES.   Fontanels  
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TWO FUNCTIONS OF THE FONTANELS i.e. SOFT SPOTS   Allow for compression of the skull during birth & allow for further expansion of the skull after birth.  
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NAME THE FOUR KINDS OF FONTANELS   Frontal (anterior) fontanel, Occipital (posterior) fontanel, Sphenoidal (anterolateral) fontanel, Mastoid (posterolateral) fontanel  
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MAJOR TYPE OF JOINT WHICH IS HELD TOGETHER BY CARTILAGE   Cartilagenous Joints  
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ANOTHER NAME FOR A CARTILAGINOUS JOINT WHOSE BONES ARE HELD TOGETHER BY HYALINE CARTILAGE   Synchondrosis  
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NAME TWO EXAMPLES OF THE CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS CALLED SYNCHONDROSES ONE OF WHICH IS IMMOVABLE AND THE OTHER WHICH IS SLIGHTLY MOVABLE.   Epiphyseal disks (immovable) & Costal Cartilages (between the ribs and sternum) [slightly movable]  
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THE NAME OF THE MEMBRANE THAT FORMS THE RADIOULNAR SYNDESMOSIS   Interossous membrane  
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THE TYPE OF CARTILAGINOUS JOINT WHOSE BONES ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH FIBROCARTILAGE   Symphysis  
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THE KIND OF JOINT THAT IS FOUND BETWEEN THE TWO PUBIC BONES, BETWEEN THE VERTEBRAE, AND BETWEEN THE BONES OF THE STERNUM.   Symphysis  
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THE MAJOR TYPE OF JOINT THAT ALLOWS FOR EXTENSIVE MOVEMENT AND THAT FORMS A JOINT CAPSULE AROUND THE BONES OF THE JOINT   Synovial joint  
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TRUE OR FALSE: THE MORE MOVABLE A JOINT IS, THE MORE STABLE THE JOINT IS.   False  
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NAME THE TWO PARTS OF THE JOINT CAPSULE   Fibrous capsule (outer part) and the Synovial Membrane (inner part)  
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THE NAME OF THE LUBRICATING FLUID FOUND WITHIN A JOINT CAPSULE WHICH REDUCES FRICTION BETWEEN THE BONES IN THE CAPSULE   Synovial fluid  
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THE SPACE INSIDE THE JOINT CAPSULE OF A SYNOVIAL JOINT   Synovial cavity  
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THE FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUES THAT HOLD BONE TO BONE IN A JOINT   Ligaments  
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THE NAME OF THE HYALINE CARTILAGE "CAP" ON THE END OF EACH BONE MAKING UP THE JOINT CAPSULE   Articular Cartilage  
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SMALL SYNOVIAL SACS BETWEEN TENDONS AND BONES OR OTHER STRUCTURES IN A SYNOVIAL JOINT   Bursae  
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MODIFIED SYNOVIAL STRUCTURES THAT ENCIRCLE TENDONS THAT PASS THROUGH THE PALM OF THE HAND AND THAT LUBRICATE THE TENDONS AS THEY SLIDE PAST ONE ANOTHER   Tendon sheaths  
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JOINTS ARE CLASSIFIED BY MOVEMENT. NAME THE THREE TYPES OF JOINTS CLASSIFIED THIS WAY AND STATE IF EACH IS MOVABLE, SEMIMOVABLE, OR IMMOVABLE.   Synarthrotic joints -- immovable: Amphiarthrotic joints --- slightly movable; Diarthrotic joints --- freely movable  
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NAME THE SIX TYPES OF SYNARTHRODIAL JOINTS   Ball and Socket, Pivot, Saddle, Ellipsoidal, Hinge, Pivot, Gliding  
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NAME THE DIARTHRODIAL JOINTS THAT IS UNIAXIAL AND THAT IS FOUND BETWEEN THE FLAT SURFACES OF TWO BONES   Gliding  
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NAME THE DIARTHRODIAL JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEEN ADJACENT VERTEBRAE AND BETWEEN THE CARPALS AND TARSALS   Gliding  
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NAME THE TYPE OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEEN THE PHALANGES AND THAT FORMS THE KNEE AND ELBOW JOINTS   Hinge  
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NAME THREE KINDS OF UNIAXIAL JOINTS   Hinge, Pivot, Gliding  
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NAME THE TYPE OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINTS THAT ALLOWS FOR ROTATION.   Pivot  
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THIS IS THE TYPE OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEEN THE ATLAS AND THE ODONTOID PROCESS OF THE AXIS AND BETWEEN THE PROXIMAL ENDS OF THE RADIUS AND ULNA   Pivot  
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THE END OF ONE BONE IS CONVEX AND THE END OF THE OTHER BONE THAT FORMS THIS TYPE OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINT IS CONVEX   Ellipsoidal Joint  
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THIS IS THE TYPE OF JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEEN THE ATLAS AND OCCIPITAL BONE OF THE SKULL AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEEN THE METACARPALS AND THE PHALANGES OF DIGITS 2 - 5.   Ellipsoidal  
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEN THE THUMB AND THE FIRST METACARPAL?   Saddle  
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THIS IS THE MOST FREELY MOVABLE OF ALL THE DIARTHRODIAL JOINTS BUT IT IS ALSO THE LEAST STABLE.   Ball and Socket  
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NAME TWO LOCATIONS FOR BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS   Knee Joint and Sholder Joint  
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ANOTHER NAME FOR A FREELY MOVABLE JOINT   Diarthrodial  
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ANOTHER NAME FOR A SLIGHTLY MOVABLE JOINT   Amphiarthrodial  
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ANOTHER NAME FOR AN IMMOVABLE JOINT   Synathrodial  
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WHAT TYPES OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINTS ARE UNIAXIAL?   Hinge, Pivot, Gliding  
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WHAT TYPES OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINTS ARE BIAXIAL?   Ellipsoidal and Saddle  
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WHAT TYPE OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINT IS MULTIAXIAL?   Ball and Socket  
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