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_____ – is site where where two bones meet.
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Joints or articulations
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Joints or articulations is the
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site where where two bones meet.
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Arthrology is the
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is the study of joint structure, function, and dysfunction
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Name the study of joint structure, function, and dysfunction
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Arthrology
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Functions of joints
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They secure our bones together and allow our skeleton to be flexible so that body movement can occur.
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Structural classification is based on the ______
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presence of Connective tissue fiber, Cartillage, or a joint cavity between the articular bone
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What are four type of Structural Classifications?
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Bony
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, & Synovial joints |
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Functional classification of joints:
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Synostosis,
Synarthroses, Amphiathrosis, & Diarthrosis. |
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Bony Joint also known as _____
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Synostosis
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Describe Bony joint, or synostosis
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– an immovable joint formed when the gap between two bones ossify, and they become in effect, a single bone
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Ex of Bony joint
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. Infant born with right and left frontal and mandibular bones but these fuse into a single frontal &mandible.
cranial sutures in elderly |
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_____ an immovable joint formed when the gap between two bones ossify, and they become in effect, a single bone
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Bony joint, or synostosis
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Fibrous Joints is also known as ___
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Synarthrosis
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Descrybe Fibrous joint, synarthrosis, or synarthrodial joint
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– occurs where bones are joined together by fibrous connective tissue. And no joint cavity is present.
The amount of movement allowed depends on the length of the fibers uniting the bones. Most fibrous Joints are immovable, only a few are slightly movable |
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What are 3 kinds of fibrous joints?
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Sutures
Gomphoses Syndesmoses |
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sutures is the
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immovable or slightly movable fibrous joints that closely bind the bones of the skull to each other
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Sutures can be classified as:
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-serrate
-lap (squamous) -plane |
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_____ immovable or slightly movable fibrous joints that closely bind the bones of the skull to each other
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sutures
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serrate is the
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interlocking wavy lines
Ex: coronal, sagittal and lambdoid sutures |
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lap (squamous) is where
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where two bones have overlapping beveled edges
Ex: temporal and parietal bones |
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plane (butt)is the
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two bones have straight, non overlapping edges
palatine processes of the maxillae |
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____ interlocking wavy lines
Ex: coronal, sagittal and lambdoid sutures |
serrate
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______ where two bones have overlapping beveled edges
Ex: temporal and parietal bones |
lap (squamous)
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____ where two bones have straight, non overlapping edges
palatine processes of the maxillae |
plane (butt)
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gomphosis is the _____
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attachment of a tooth to its socket
Only found in the mouth |