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48 Cards in this Set
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Fibrous Joints
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Suture
Syndesmosis Gomphosis |
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Suture
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Immovable
Articulations between skull bones |
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Sydesmosis
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Slightly Moveable
Coracoclavicular Joint, Distal tibiofibular joint, Interosseous membranes between radius and ulna and btw tibia and fibula |
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Gomphosis
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immovable
Teeth anchored to bony sockets |
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Cartilaginous joints
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sychondrosis
symphysis |
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Synchondrosis
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immovable
growth plates in long bones articulations btw first rib and manubrium of the sternum |
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Symphysis
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slightly movable
intervertebral discs, symphysis pubis |
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Plane (gliding)
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intercarpal, intertarsal, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, sacroiliac, articular processes btw vertebrae
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Hinge
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Elbow, knee, ankle, interphalangeal
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pivot
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proximal radioulnar, distal radioulnar, atlantoaxial
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Ellipsoid (condylar)
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atlantooccipital, wrist (radiocarpal), metacarpophalangeal (knuckles)
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Saddle
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Carpometacarpal of the thumb
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Ball-and-Socket
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Shoulder, hip
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Gliding Joint
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Hinge Joint
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Pivot Joint
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Ellipsoid Joint
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Saddle Joint
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Ball-and-Socket Joint
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Ball-and-Socket Joint
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Articulating Surfaces of two bones move back and forth or side to side
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gliding
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Gliding Movements
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gliding
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angular movements
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Flexion/extension
Abduction/Adduction Circumduction |
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a bending action that decreases the angle between body parts
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flexion
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a straightening action that increases the angle between body parts
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extension
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moving away from the median plane, in a coronal plane
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abduction
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moving toward the median plane, in a coronal plane
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adduction
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a circular motion that combines flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction; the distal end of the part being moved describes a circle
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circumduction
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Rotational Movements
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medial/lateral rotation
right/left rotation |
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anterior surface of moving part in brought toward the medial plane
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medial (internal) rotation
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anterior surface of moving part is brought away the median plane
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lateral (external) rotation
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rotation of a body part to the right or left around the midline of the body
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right/left rotation
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special movements
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supination/pronation
opposition/reposition eversion/inversion protraction/retraction elevation/depression dorsiflexion/plantar flexion |
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rotating forearm and hand laterally so that palm faces anteriorly
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supination
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rotating forearm and hand medially so that palm faces posteriorly
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pronation
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the thumb or pinky finger is brought over to touch another digit
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opposition
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the thumb or pinky finger is brought back to anatomical position
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reposition
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moving sole of foot away from median plane
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eversion
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moving sole of foot toward median plane
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inversion
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moving anteriorly
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protraction
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moving posteriorly
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retraction
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raising a part superiorly
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elevation
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lowering a part inferiorly
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depression
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a bending action that elevates the soles, such as when you stand on your heels
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dorsiflexion
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a bending action that elevates the heels, such as when you stand on your toes
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plantar flexion
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