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Fibrous joints:
1. fibrous CT
2. LEAST moveable
Sutures:
-fibrous joint
-made of CT w/thick collagen fibers
Syndesmoses:
-fibrous joint
-longer fibers, interosseous membranes
Cartilaginous joints:
-more mobile than fibrous joints
-most in the mid-line
Synchondroses:
-cartilaginous joint
-Hyaline cartilage
-Costal cartilage
-Articular cartilage
Symphyses:
-cartilaginous joint
-Hyaline + Fibrocartilage
-located in :
1. intervertebral discs
2. pubic symphysis
Synovial (diarthroses):
most freely movable joints
Joint capsule:
-fibrous CT
-synovical membrane
-joint cavity
What is the function of synovial fluid?
lubrication
Seasmoid bones:
-act as pulleys
-guide muscle movement
bursae:
-extension of joint capsule
-help tendons to glide over joint
What is the function of articular discs/menisci?
1. cushioning
2. absorb weight
Sagittal plane:
-mostly flexion & extension
Frontal/coronal plane:
mostly abduction/adduction
Transverse plane:
mostly rotation
Joint axis:
line around which rotation occurs
range of motion:
amount of motion allowed at a joint
planar-
sliding joints
ex:
1. clavicle
2. carpals
3. tarsals
uniaxial:
one joint axis
biaxial:
ellipsoid or saddle
ex:
1. radiocarpal
2. proximal thumb joint
multiaxial:
ball & socket
ex: shoulder and hip
scapula:
movements: elevation, depression, rotation, protraction, retraction
glenohumeral:
movements: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial rotation, lateral rotation
humeroulnar joint:
movements:
1. flexion (decrease angle)
2. extension
radioulnar joint:
movements:
1. pronation
2. supanation
wrist:
flexion, extension, radial deviation, ulnar deviation
fingers:
flexion, extension, abduct, adduct, opposition (thumb)
clavicle:
-only bony attachment in body
-intramembranous ossification
-extends from sternum to acromion
-most commonly broken
sternoclavicular joint:
-where clavicle articulates w/manubrium
-can move anteriorly and superiorly
-fibrocartilage
-gliding joint
Scapula:
-between ribs
-posterior part of rib cage b/w ribs 2 & 7
-anterior surface touches rib cage
-triangular
glenohumeral joint:
-most mobile joint in the body
-labrum helps hold it in place
4 legged animals don't have:
clavicle because they are built for motion
In the humerus, the trochlea is:
medial
In the humerus the capitulum is:
lateral
How many joints in the elbow?
3 joints
Capitulum articulates with:
radius to allow for pronation and supanation
2 radioulnar joints:
proximal and distal, allow for pronation and supanation
Interosseous membrane lies b/w:
bones
Wrist contains:
8 bones with little motion
In pronation, the radius and ulna:
cross
Most motion in the wrist is through:
radiocarpal joint
Carpals have:
very little motion
Palm contains:
5 bones
Carpometacarpal joint:
abduction and adduction
Pelvic girdle:
-attaches lower limb to axial skeleton and supports viscera
-does not move
-built for stability
Movements of the hip:
-flexion, extension, abduct, adduct, external + internal rotation
Movements of the knee:
-flexion, extension, tiny rotation (knee locks)
Movements of the ankle:
-dorsi flexion: point toes up
-plantar flexion: point toes down
-inversion
-eversion
Movements of the toe:
-flexion
-extension
-abduction
-adduction
Nutation:
pelvis moving on sacrum
3 main ossification centers (innominate or coxcal bones that form pelvis):
1. ilium
2. pubis
3. ischium
False pelvis:
enclosed by ilium
True pelvis:
-contains hole infant passes through
-wider in women
Sacrotuberous ligament:
located in Ischial tuberosity
Sacrospinous ligament:
located in ischial spine
In the hip joint, the ball is the :
head of femur
In the hip joint, the socket is:
acetabulum of pelvis
Hip joint contains:
-fibrocartilage pad
-deeper ball and socket
-deep acetabalum (all 3 oss. centers contribute)
Femur:
-largest bone in the body
-hard to dislocate
-has long neck
-has condyles that form knee joint
-has ligament with a dimple called fovea
Knee:
-most complex joint in the body
-most injured, unstable
Menisci:
-fibrocartilagenous pad
-absorbs force w/in knee
ligaments in knee:
-6 ligaments in knee
-limit motion
popliteal:
posterior ligament in knee
collateral ligament:
medial (attached to medial meniscus)and lateral ligaments i knee, on sides of condyles, stop tibia from swinging
cruciates:
anterior & posterior, b/w condyles, cross over each other, contained w/in joint capsule, stop tibia from moving away from femur like a drawer
patella:
-acts to make a larger moment arm for the quadriceps muscles
-can get dislocated due to tracking (medial, laterally)
talus:
-part of ankle
-allows for dorsi/plantarflexion
calcaneus:
-part of ankle
-very strong, forms heel
transverse tarsal and subtalar joints:
allow for inversion and eversion
arches:
transverse and longitudinal: help in walking by cushioning and storing energy
Plantar aponeurosis:
-arch
-sole of foot
Long plantar ligament:
-extends from calcaneus to cuboid
-3 metatarsals
Short plantar ligament:
-calcaneous, cuboid
Spring ligament:
-calcaneus to navicular
Muscles:
-locomotion
-digestion
-vision & hearing
-support
-circulation
-thermoregulation
-ALWAYS PULL
Characteristics of muscle:
1. Contractility
2. Excitability
3. Extensibility
4. Elasticitity
Conractility:
-get shorter, generating force
-active
Excitability:
-stimulated by nerves to contract
-exception: heart, excitable among itself
Extensibility:
- can be stretched back to resting length
Elasticity:
-recoil
-when stretched past resting length, they'll recoil
-like a "spring"
Skeletal muscles:
- voluntary
-associated with bones and cartilage
-striated: myoblasts join to form muscle fiber
Muscle fiber:
-multinucleate
Sarcolemma:
cell membrane
Myofibrils:
collection of thick and thin fibers
-cause striation
-80% of cytoplasm
Myofibrils consists of:
1. sarcomere
2. actin
3. myosin
Sarcomere:
functional unit of myofibrils that contracts, repeating elements of myofibrils, bound by z-discs
Actin:
-thin fibers
Myosin:
-thick fibers
Origin:
tendonous CT attachment, fuse with periosteum
Belly:
muscle tissue
Insertion:
tendonous CT attachment, fuse with periosteum
Connective tissue sheaths:
1. epimysium
2. perimysium
3. endomysium
Epimysium:
surrounds whole muscle
Perimysium:
surrounds fascicles
Endomysium:
surrounds sarcolemma
Parallel fibers:
in:
1. strap muscle
2. fusiform muscle
-parallel to line that goes from origin to insertion, parallel to line of action
Angled fibers:
-angled to line of action
-pennate
Motor unit:
motor neuron and muscle fiber it innervates
-all or nothing
-regulation of force is by changing number of motor units used
-all muscle fibers shorten, but only stimulated ones generate a force
Prime mover:
main muscle for an action
All movements require:
more than 1 muscle
Antagonists perform:
opposite action
Synergists perform:
same action
Isotonic contraction:
shortening (aka concentric)
-muscle contracts (molecular level) + shortens
Isometric contraction:
no length change
-contraction, length stays same
ex: trying to move heavy object but enough force isn't generated
Eccentric contraction:
-lengthening
-contraction, muscle lengthens
What affects muscle performance?
1. muscle fiber length
2. fiber number
muscle fiber length:
Longer fibers generate a similar force over a greater distance
Fiber number:
increase cross sectional area, increase force
-pennate: pack more fibers, generate more force to save material ex: deltoid