joints part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 kinesiology | the study of musculoskeletal movement |
| diarthrosis | a freely movabe joint |
| amphiarthrosis | a slightly movable joint |
| synarthrosis | a joint capable of little or no movement |
| suture | immovable fibrous joints binding the bones of the skull |
| gomphosis | type of joint attaching a tooth to its spclet |
| syndemoses | joint in which two bones are bound only by ligaments |
| synchondrosis | type of joint in which bones are joined by hyaline cartilage |
| symphsis | type of joint in which bones are joined by fibrocartilage |
| synostosis (bony joint) | joint in which two bones, one separate, become fused by osseous tissue |
| synovial joint | joint in which two bones, one separate by a space filled with lubricant |
| synovial fluid | the slippery lubricant filling the space between bones in a synovial joint |
| articular cartilage | connective tissue covering adjoining surfaces of bones within a joint |
| fibrous capsule | outer layer of joint capsule that is continuous with the periosteum |
| synovial membrane | inner layer of joint capsule made of areolar tissue which sectetes fluid |
| tendon | attaches muscle to bone |
| ligament | attaches bone to bone |
| bursa | fibrous fluid filled sac located where a tendon passes over a bone |
| tendon sheath | type of bursae that are elongated and wrap around tendons |
| monoaxial | type of joint in which the bone can move in only one plane |
| biaxial | type of joint in which the bone can move in two plane |
| multiaxial | type of joint in which the bone can move in three or more plane |
| ball-and-socket joints | joint in which one bone with a hemispherical head fits within a cuplike depression on the other |
| hinge joint | joint in which one bone with a convex surface fits into a concave depression of the other bone |
| saddle joint | the trapeziometacarpal joint for example |
| pivot joint | monoaxial joint in which a projection of one bone fits into a ring-like ligament of the other |
| gliding (plane) joint | type of joint in which the articular surfaces are only convex and concave |
| condvloid (ellipsoid) joint | joint in which an oval convex surface of one bone fits into a similarly shaped depression of the other |
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