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15 Cards in this Set
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Fibrous Joints |
A type of joint where the bones are joined by strong fibrous tissue rich in collagen. (I.e. sutures and syndesmoses). |
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Sutures |
Fibrous tissue between the bones of the skull and between the teeth and the jaws. |
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Syndesmoses |
The inferior Tibio-fibular joint |
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Synovial Joints |
Movable Non-ankylosed Joints |
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Abduction and adduction |
“Abduction refers to your body part moving away from the midline of your body, adduction is coming towards the midline of your body,” |
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Plane Joints |
Joints having flat or slightly curved surfaces allowing little movement (i.e. carpal and tarsal joints). |
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Hinge Joints |
Joints created by a cylindrical articular end fitting into an articular cylindrical excavation. Movements are usually in one plane only (i.e. knee, elbow, finger joints). |
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Pivot joints |
Joints which allow bones to move around another or around its own axis (i.e. the head of radius and ulna bone of the forearm |
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Ball and socket joint |
The spherical end of one bone which moves in a spherical excavation (i.e. the hip joint). |
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Saddle (biaxial) joint |
Joints formed by a concave and convex end having transverse curvatures formed opposite each other allowing for Flexion, extension, adduction and abduction. |
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Flexion and Extension |
Flexion means bending to a more acute angle and extension means straightening |
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Medial and lateral rotation |
Body parts moving inward and outward from the medial plane. |
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Medial and lateral rotation |
Body parts moving inward and outward from the medial plane. |
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Medial and lateral rotation |
Body parts rotating inward and outward from the medial plane. |
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Supination and pronation |
When the are arm is held horizontally, supination is when the hand is turned palm upward and pronation is when the palm is turned downward. |
