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22 Cards in this Set
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synarthrotic |
immobile joint |
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amphiathrotic |
slightly mobile joint |
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diarthrotic |
freely mobile joint |
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gomphoses |
tooth of jaw |
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suture
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lamboid suture (connect occipital and parietal bones) |
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syndesmosis |
articulation between radius and ulna and between tibia and fibula |
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synchondroses |
epiphyseal plate in the long bone, joint between rib and sternum |
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symphyses |
intervertebral discs and pubic symphysis |
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plane joint |
two flat surfaces come together (intermetacarpal joints, some intercarpal joints) |
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hinge joint |
convex surface fits into a concave surface and only allows movement along a single plane (knee joint; elbow joint) |
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pivot joint |
round surface fits into a ring formed by a ligament and a depression in another bone (atlantoaxial joint) |
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condylar joint |
convex oval surface fits into an elliptical concavity (radiocarpal joints; metacarpalphalangeal joints) |
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saddle joint |
both concave and convex surfaces get together; concave surfaces are at right angles to each other (carpometacarpal joint of thumb, ankle joint, calcaneocuboid joint) |
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ball-and-socket |
sperival head fits into concave socket (hip joint, shoulder joint) |
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synovial joints classified as ________ when classified based on movement |
diarthrotic |
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abduction --> adduction |
movement away from midline |
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adduction --> abduction |
movement toward midline |
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circumduction --> N/A |
movement distal to extremity in circle |
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depression --> elevation |
movement of body part inferiorly |
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dorsiflexion --> plantar flexion |
movement of ankle toward dorsum (back) |
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elevation --> depression |
movement of body superiorly |
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eversion |
movement of ankle |
