| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Kinesiology | the study of musculoskeletal movement |
| Diathrosis | a freely movable 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 socket |
| Syndesmoses | joint in which two bones are bound only by ligaments |
| Synchondrosis | type of joint in which bones are joined by hyaline cartilage |
| Symphysis | type of joint in which bones are joined by fibrocartilage |
| Synostosis | joint in which two bones, once separate, become fused by osseous tissue |
| Synovial joint | joint in which two bones are separated by s 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 secretes 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 shich the bone can move in two planes |
| Multiaxial | type of joint in shich the bone can move in three or more planes |
| Ball-and-socket joint | joint in shich 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 joint | type of joint in which the articular surfaces are only slightly convex and concave |
| Condyloid joint | joint in shich an oval convex surface of one bone fits into a similarly shaped depression of the other |
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