What are the types of fibrous joints? What functional category does each fall into? | suture: synarthrosis, syndesmosis: amphiarthrosis, gomphosis: amphiarthrosis |
What are the types of cartilaginous joints? What functional group does each belong in? | synchondrosis: synarthrosis, symphysis: amphiarthrosis |
What are the types of synovial joints? | plane, hinge, pivot, condylar, saddle, ball-and-socket |
What are the functional types of joints? Define them | synarthrosis: immovable, amphiarthrosis: slightly moveable, diarthrosis: freely moveable |
What are the structural types of joints? | fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial |
What functional category do these bones fall into? | synarthorsis |
What functional category do these bones fall into? | amphiarthrosis |
What functional category do these bones fall into? | diarthrosis |
What structure is pictured? | coronal suture |
What structure is pictured? | sagittal suture |
What structure is pictured? | squamous suture |
What structure is pictured? | lambdoid suture |
What are some examples of syndesmosis? | distal tibial-fibular joint, interosseous membranes of forearm and shank |
What is an example of gomphosis? | dentoalveolar joint? |
What are some examples of symphysis? | intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis |
What are some examples of synchondrosis? | 1st rib-sternum, epiphyseal plate |
Describe plane joints. What are some examples? | non-axial movement, gliding; intercarpal joints, inter tarsal joints, joints between articular surfaces of vertebra, costovertebral (rib-vertebra), sternocostal (rib-sternum, double-plane joint), acromio-clavicular (scapula-clavicle), femoro-patellar (femur-patella) |
Describe hinge joints. Examples? | uniaxial movements, flexion/extension; elbow (humerus-ulna with radius), knee (tibiofemoral), ankle (tibia with tibia-talus), interphalangeal joints of hands and feet, temporomandibular joint (temporal-mandible) |
Describe pivot joints. Examples? | uniaxial movement, rotation; proximal radio-ulnar joint, distal radio-ulnar joint, Atlanta-axial joint (atlas-axis) |
Describe condylar joints. Examples? | biaxial movement, flexion/extension and adduction/abduction; radio-carpal joints, metacarpal-phalangeal joints, Atlanto-occipital (atlas-occipital) |
Describe saddle joints. Examples? | biaxial movement, flexion/extension and adduction/abduction; carpo-metacarpal joint of 1st digit |
Describe ball-and-socket joints. Examples? | multiaxial movement, flexion/extension, adduction/abduction, rotation; shoulder (Glenn-humeral joint), hip (coxae-femur) |
What is pictured? | anterior cruciate ligament of the tibiofemoral joint |
What is pictured? | posterior cruciate ligament of the tibiofemoral joint |
What is pictured? | medial collateral ligament of tibiofemoral joint |
What is pictured? | lateral collateral ligament of tibiofemoral joint |
What is pictured? | medial meniscus of tibiofemoral joint; fibrocartilage |
What is pictured? | lateral meniscus of tibiofemoral joint; fibrocartilage |
What is pictured? | patellar ligament of femoro-patellar joint |
What is pictured? | tendon of quadriceps femurs muscle of femoro-patellar joint |