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14 Cards in this Set
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FUNCTION OF SYNARTHROSES
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NO MOVEMENT
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Amphiarthroses
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Slight Movement
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Diarthroses
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such joints allow considerable movement.
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LIGAMENT
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CORDS OR BANDS MADE OF THE SAME STRONG FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE AS THE JOINT CAPSULE. Also grow out of the periosteum and lash the tow bones tofether even more firmly.
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aRTICULAR cARTILAGE
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The layer which cover over the joint ends of bones acts like a rubber heel on a shoe- it absorb jolts. It also provides a smooth surface so the bones of the joint can move with little friction.
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touching the tips of fingers in oposite thumb.
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OPPOSING THE THUMB TO THE FINGERS.
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Condyloid
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Condyloid joints are those in wheich a condyle (an oval projection) fits into an elliptical socket. An example is the fit of the distal end of the radius into depressions in the carpal bones.
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Knee Joint
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The largest and most vulnerable joint. Because the knee is oftebn subjected to sudden, strong forces during athletic activity, knee injuries are among the most common type of athletic injury.
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Flexion`
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To fles a joint. Description- Reduces the angle of the joint, as in bending the elbow.
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Extension(To extend a joint)
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Increases the angle of a joint, as in straightening a bent elbow
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Rotation(to rotate a joint) Spins one bone relative to another, as in rotating the head at the neck joint.
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Spins on bone relative to anoher, as in rotiating the head at the neck joint.
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Circumduction(to circumducat a joint.
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Moves the distal end of a bone in a circle, while circumducting a joint,stable, as in moving the arm in a circle and thus circumducting the shoulder joint.
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Abduction(to abduct a joint)
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Increases the angle of a joint to move a part away from the midline, as in moving the arm to the side and away from the body.
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Adduction(to adduct a joint)
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Decreases the angle of a joint to move a part toward the midline, as in moving the arm in and down from the side.
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