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Skeletal System IV: Articulations (Joints)

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Joints/articulations are   show
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joints are the ...part of the skeleton   show
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show shapes of articulating surfaces, ligaments, tone of muscles whose tendons cross the joint  
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classification based on function   show
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arthrosis =   show
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show allow no movement  
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show slight or limited movement  
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show free movement  
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show fibrous/cartilaginous/bony fusion/synovial joints  
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show connected by fibrous DICT  
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what does not exist in fibrous joints   show
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show synarthroses  
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suture (short fibers)   show
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what does not exist in fibrous joints   show
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show completely fused later in life  
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show long fibers  
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show amphiarthrotic or synarthrotic  
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show suture, syndesmosis, gomphosis  
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amphiarthrosis example   show
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show joint cavity  
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sutures are the edges of bones that   show
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show synarthotic, ex: periodontal ligaments (tooth in socket)  
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cartilaginous joints   show
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show fibrocartilage (amphiarthrosis)  
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what does not exist in cartilaginous joints   show
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most cartilaginous joints are   show
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show rigid, immovable joints (synarthrotic)  
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show synchondrosis and symphysis  
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synchondrosis   show
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show epiphyseal plate, first rib-to-sternum  
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show articular cartilage  
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synarthrosis example   show
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synovial joints can be either   show
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show most common and contain two articulating surfaces  
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compound synovial joints contain   show
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general structures of synovial joints   show
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articular cartilage (synovial joint)   show
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show potential space that holds synovial fluid  
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show 2 layered capsul enclosing joint cavity  
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example of symphysis   show
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inner layer of synovial membrane covers all   show
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show producing synovial fluid  
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show joint cavity  
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show synostosis: ex - portions of skull, along the frontal suture, epiphyseal lines  
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show ease movement of joint  
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reinforcing ligaments are   show
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show internal to the capsule  
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bony fusion is between   show
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nerves and vessels supply extensive   show
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articular disc   show
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show internally from the capsule and completely or partially divides the joint cavity into 2  
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show fluid containing joint cavities  
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show articular cartilage  
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all synovial joints are   show
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show synostosis: ex - portions of skull, along the frontal suture, epiphyseal lines  
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where are bursae or tendon sheaths found   show
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bursae are flattened   show
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show ligaments, muscles, skin, tendons, or bones overlie each other and rub together  
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tendon sheath are elongated   show
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most joints of the body, esp those in the limbs are   show
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tendon sheath occurs only   show
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show most common and contain two articulating surfaces  
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show bone surface across another (carpals, tarsals, flat articular processes of vertebrae)  
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show DICT...continous with the preiosteum of the bone  
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inner layer of synovial membrane is made of...and lines...   show
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show increase angle  
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show within the articular cartilages  
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circumduction   show
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show band-like ligaments (intrisnic or capsular) that form the thickened parts of fibrous capsule  
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show supination/pronation, dorsiflexion/plantar flexion, inversion/eversion, protraction/retraction, elevation/depression, oppostion  
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show joint stretching (stretch receptors)  
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there are some...   show
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articular discs occur in joints whose   show
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articular discs function in   show
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show knee joint = meniscus  
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show decrease friction  
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synovial fluid is...   show
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show cartilage-covered bone ends glide on a slippery film of synovial fluid squeezed out of articular cartilages  
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extracapsular ligaments are located   show
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show bursae that wraps around a tendon  
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most nerves and vessels of synovial joints monitor   show
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tendon sheath occurs only   show
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articular discs function in   show
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show contracting muscles produce bone movements at synovial joints (gliding, angular movements)  
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flexion   show
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show increase angle  
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abduction   show
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an example of articular discs can be found in the   show
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show movement toward body midline  
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rotation   show
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show synovial joints; but they contain synovial fluid and are often associated with synovial joints  
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special movements of synovial joints   show
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show ligaments, muscles, skin, tendons, or bones overlie each other and rub together  
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nerves and vessels supply extensive   show
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meniscus is in certain synovial joints that extend   show
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where are bursae or tendon sheaths found   show
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show bursae that wraps around a tendon  
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bursa occurs where   show
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show flexion, extension, hyperextension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, rotation  
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synovial joint movements   show
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show bending beyond straight position  
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show contracting muscles produce bone movements at synovial joints (gliding, angular movements)  
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special movements of synovial joints include   show
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circumduction   show
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show turning medially/forward  
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show radius around ulna at the proximal radioulnar joint  
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dorsiflexion vs plantar flexion   show
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inversion vs eversion   show
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show non-angular movements in the anterior and posterior directions  
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show lifting superiorly vs moving elevated part inferior (jaw)  
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opposition   show
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synovial joints are classified by shape (6 subtypes)   show
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show intercarpal/intertarsal joins and joints between articular process of vertebrae  
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show flat planes  
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show short gliding movements  
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show elbow, ankle, joints between phalanges of fingers  
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show into a trough shaped surface on another bone  
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show angular (door on hinge)  
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show proximal radioulnar joint, articulation between C1 and C2 vertbrae  
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show a ring formed by another bone plus an encircling ligament  
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pivot joints: rotating bone can   show
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show wrist and knuckle (intercarpophalangeal joints)  
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condyloid joints: egg shaped articular surface of one bone fits   show
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show travel side by side, back and forth, but the bone cannot rotate around its own long axis  
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saddle joint (biaxial) ex:   show
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saddle joint: each articular surface has   show
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saddle joint: allows the same   show
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ball-and-socket (multiaxial) ex:   show
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ball and socket: spherical head of one bone fits   show
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show in all axes, including rotation  
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show uniaxial, biaxial, multiaxial, translational/nonaxial  
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uniaxial   show
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biaxial   show
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multiaxial   show
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show short gliding movements only  
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show knee: complex of many types of joints  
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the knee is compound and bicondyloid joint because   show
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the knee primarily acts as a   show
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show patella and the distal/inferior end of the femur  
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plane joint of knee allows   show
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synovial cavity of knee has a   show
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show burase  
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show subcutaneous prepatellar, suprapatellar, deep infrapatellar  
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c-shaped menisci is made of...occur within...   show
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show externally to the tibial condyles  
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show distribution of synovial fluid and of compression stress  
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both menisci stabilize the joint by   show
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show side to side rocking of the femur on the tibia  
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articular capsule encloses the   show
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show absent  
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anterior aspect of the knee joint is covered   show
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3 broad ligaments   show
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tendons of many muscles in the knee...   show
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show quadriceps femoris and semimembranosus muscles  
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show reinforced by several capsular and extracapsular ligaments all of which become taut when the knee is extended to prevent hyperextension of the leg at the knee  
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two extracapsular ligaments are located on the lateral and medial sides of the joint capsule   show
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show lateral epicondyle of the femur to the head of the fibula  
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show medial epicondyle of the femur to the medial condyle of the tibia  
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show leg extension and hyperextension, also prevent lateral and medial movement of the leg at the knee  
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show cruciate ligaments...corss eachother and run from the tibia to the femur...the knee joint  
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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)   show
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show arises from posterior intercondylar area of the tibia and passes anteriorly to attach to the lateral side of the medial condyle of the femur  
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show restraining staps to prevent slipping movements at the knee joint  
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show anterior sliding of the tibia  
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show anterior sliding of the femur or backward displacement of the tibia  
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show lock the knee when it extends  
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