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where two or more bones meet
joints or articulations
fives our skeleton mobility and hold it together
joints
__ are the weakest parts of the skeleton
joints
the material binding the bones together and whether or not a joint cavity is present
structural classification
the three joints
fibrous, cartiliginous, and synovial
based on the amount of movement allowed at the joint
functional classif.
immoveable joints
synarthroses
slightly moveable joints
amphiarthroses
freely moveable joints
diarthroses
freely moveable joints are in the __
limbs
immoveable and slightly moveable joints are restricted to the __
axial skeleton
fibrous joints are __ moveable
immoveable
__ joints are freely moveable
synovial
bones are joined by fibrous tisse; no joint cavity is present
fibrous joints
three types of fibrous joints:
sutures, sydesmoses, and gomphoses
"seams"; only occur between the skull bones
sutures
explain what happens during middle age with sutures?
fibrous tissue ossifies and the skull bones fuse into a single unit.
"bony junctions"
synostoses
when the bones are connected by a ligament
syndesmoses
the amount of movement in sydesmoses depends on what?
the length of the connecting fibers
a peg-in-socket fibrous joint
gomphosis
the fibrous connection is a gomphosis is the ?
periodontal ligament
the articulating bones are united by cartilage
cartilaginous joints
two types of cartilaginous joints
synchondroses, and symphyses
a bar or plate of hyaline cartilage unites the bones at a __?
synchondroses
the most common examples of synchondroses are:
epithelial plates connecting the diaphysis and epiphysis in long bones of children.
the articular surfaces of the bones are covered with hyaline cartilage is a __?
symphyses
__ is compressable and reilient. it acts like a shock absorber and allows limited movement
fibrocartilage
symphyses are __ joints
amphiarthrotic
two exs of symphyses
intervertebral joints, pubic symphysis of pelvis
__ joints are those where the articulating bones are separated by a fluid-containing cavity
synovial
name the 5 features of synovial joints
articular cartilage, joint cavity, articular capsule, synovial fluid, reinforcing ligmaents
absorb compression placed on the joint and keep the bone ends from being crushed
articular cartilage
space that contains a small amount of synovial fluid
joint cavity
composed of dense irregular tissue
fibrous capsule
inner layer of the joint capsule
synovial membrane
occupies all free spaces within the joint capsule
synovial fluid
synovial fluid is derived from?
filtration from blood flowing through caplillaries in the synovial membrane
explain weeping lubrication
mechanism that lubricates the free surfaces of the cartilages and nourishes their cells.
contains phagocytic ells that rid the joint cavity of microtubes & debris
synovial fluid
synovial joints are richly supplied with?
blood vessels
discs or wedges of fibrocartilage separating the articular surfaces
articular discs or meisci
flattened fibrous sacs lined with synovial membrane and containing a thin film of synovial fluid
bursae
elongated bursa that wraps around a tendon
tendon sheath
the more __ a joint has the stronger it is
ligaments
__ __ that cross the joint are the most importnat stabilizing factor
muscle tendons
the attatched tot he immoveable bone
origin
attatched to the moveable bone
insertion
slipping movements only, since there is no axis around wich movement can ocur
nonaxial movement
movement in one plane
uniaxial movement
movement in two planes
biaxial movement
movement in or around all three planes of space and axes
multiaxial movement
three general types of movement?
gliding, angular, roation
aka gliding movements
translation
when flat bone surfaces glide or slip over another w/out angle or rotation
gliding
increase or decrease the angle between two bones
angular
bending movement along the saggital plane that decreases the angle of the joint and brings the articulating bones closer
flexion
movements that occurs at the same joints
extension
movement along the sagittal plane that increases the angle between the articulating bones
extension
bending the head backward beyond its straight position
hyperextension
lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin is __
dorsiflexion
depressing the foot is __ __
plantar flexion
movement of a limb away from the midline or median
abduction
movement of a limb toward the body midline
adduction
moving a limb so it describes a circle
circumduction
circumduction consists of?
flexion, abduction, extension, adduction
turning the bone around its own long axis
rotation
turning backward
supination
turning forward
ponation
__ is weaker than __
pronation; supination
special movements of the foot
inversion, eversion
nonangular anterior and posterior movements in a transverse plane
portraction, retraction
lifting a body part superiorly
elevation
moving the elevated part inferiorly
depression
a cylindrical projection of one bone fits into a trough-shaped surface on another
hinge joints
__ joints permit all angular motions
condyloid
exs of condyloid joint movements
flexion, extension, abduction, adduction
intermediate knee joint between the patella and lower end of the femur
femoropatellar joint
lateral and medial joint of knee
tibiofemoral
between the femoral condyles above and the C-shaped menisci of the tibia below (knee)
semilunar cartilages
in knee, acts as a hinge permitting flexion and extension
tibiofemoral
three ligaments running from the patella to the tibia
patellar, medial, lateral patellar retincula
TMJ
temoporomandibular joint
jaw joint
TMJ
ligaments reinforcing a joint are stretched or torn
sprain
cartilage is __ and rarely can obtain suficient nourishment to repair itself
avascular
when bones are forced out of alignment
dislocation
partial dislocation of a joint
subluxation
inflammation of a bursa; caused by a blow or friction
bursitis
over 100 different types of inflammatory or degenerative diseases of the joints
arthritis
lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin is __
dorsiflexion
depressing the foot is __ __
plantar flexion
movement of a limb away from the midline or median
abduction
movement of a limb toward the body midline
adduction
moving a limb so it describes a circle
circumduction
circumduction consists of?
flexion, abduction, extension, adduction
turning the bone around its own long axis
rotation
turning backward
supination
turning forward
ponation
__ is weaker than __
pronation; supination
special movements of the foot
inversion, eversion
nonangular anterior and posterior movements in a transverse plane
portraction, retraction
lifting a body part superiorly
elevation
moving the elevated part inferiorly
depression
a cylindrical projection of one bone fits into a trough-shaped surface on another
hinge joints
inflammation of a bursa and is caused by a blow or friction
bursitis
inflammation of tendon sheathsl caused by overuse
tendonitis
describes over 100 diff. types of inflammatory dieases that damage joints
arthritis
explain arthrits
synovial membrane thickens and fluid production decreases, causing increased friction and pain
most common chronic arthritis
osteoarthritis
explain progressed OA
exposed bone tissue thickens and forms bony spurs that enlarge the bone ends and restrict joint movement
bony spurs
osteophytes
a crunching noise due to OA
crepitus
a chronic inflammatory disorder
rheumatoid arthritis
explain RA
synovial fluid sccummulates, causing joint swelling and the inflamed synovial membrane thickens into a pannus
disorder where the immune system attacks its own tissues
autoimmune disease
abnormal tissues that clings to the articular cartilage
pannus
explain gouty arthritis
blood levels of uric acid rise and are deposited as needle-shaped urate crystals in the joints soft tissues
3 types of muscle tissues:
skeletal, cardiac, smooth
skeletal and smooth muscle cells are __?
muscle fibers
muscle equivalents of the actin- or myosin-containing microfilaments
myofilaments
myo-; mys-
"muscle"
sarco-
"flesh"
attatches to the bony skeleton
skeletal muscle
__ muscle fibers are the longest muscle cells
skeletal
__ muscles are voluntary
skeletal
striated cells; involuntary
cardiac
found on the walls of organs
smooth muscle
has nostriated cells, and is involuntary
smooth muscle
ability to recieve and respond to a stimulus
excitability/responsivness/
irritability
ability to shorten forcibly when stimulated
contractility
ability to be stretched or extended
extensibility
ability of a muscle fiber to recoil
elasticity
4 functions of muscles
movement, posture, stabilizes joints, generates heat
skeletal muscle accounts for __ of body mass
40%
ea. skeletal muscle is served by one __, an __, and one or more __.
nerve;artery;veins
3 layers of skeletal muscle fibers
endomysium, perimysium &fasicles, epimysium
ea. individual musc. fiber is surrounded by a fine sheath of connective tissue with _ & _ fibers
ednomysium; areolar; reticular
overcoat of dense irregular connective tissue
epimysium
the epimysium of the muscle is fused to the peroiosteum of a bone or perichondrium of a cartilage.
direct/fleshy attachments
muscles connective tissue wrappings extend beyond the muscle either as a ropelike tendon or as a sheetlike aponeurosis
indirect attatchments
mostly tough collagenic fibers
tendon
a plasma membrane
sarcolemma
they are multinucleate
skeletal muscle fiber
contains unusual amounts of glycosomes
sarcoplasm
granules of stored glycogen
glycosomes
a red pigment that stores O and is similar to hemoglobin
myoglobin
repeating series of dark A and I bands
striations
eacho A bands has a lighter stripe in its midsection called the __?
H zone
each H zone is bisected vertically by a dark line called the __
M line
the region of a myfibril between two suxxessive Z discs
sarcomere
extend the entire length of the A band
thick filaments
extend across the I band and partway into the A band
thin filaments
myofilaments are connected to the sarcolemma at the _ and _?
Z dics and M lines
composed of the protein myosin
thick filaments
thick filament contains about __ myosin molecules bundled together
300
contain ATPase enzymes that split TP to generate energy for muscle contraction.
myosin heads
thin filaments contain the protein __?
actin
a three-polypeptide complez
troponin
composed of the giant protein titin that extends from the z disc to the thick filament
elastic filament
liks the thin filaments tot he integral protein of the sarcolemma
dystrophin
surrounds each myfibril like a sleeve
sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)
whats the major role of the SR?
regulate intracellular levels of ionic calcium