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___________ are any place where adjacent bones or bone & cartilage come together to form a connection.

Joints.

What are the three STRUCTURAL classifications of joints?

Fibrous, Cartilaginous, & Synovial.

____________ joints are freely moveable, their surfaces are not directly connected, they have joint cavities filled with fluid between bones, and are most common.

Synovial joints.

_________ joints are generally immovable and are united by fibrous connective tissue.

Fibrous.

____________ joints are immovable or slightly moveable and are joined by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage.

Cartilaginous joints.

What are the three FUNCTIONAL classifications of joints?

Synarthroses, Amphiarthroses, Diarthroses.

What does it mean for a joint to be a “synarthroses” joint?

It means that the bones don’t move relative to each other.

____________ is the functional classification of a joint where the bones do not move relative to each other.

Synarthroses.

_________ is the functional classification of joints that are “slightly” moveable.

Amphiarthrosis.

_______ is the functional classification of joints that are freely moveable.

Diarthroses.

What are the three types of fibrous joints?

Synostoses, syndesmoses, & gomphoses.

______ fibrous joints are immovable.

Synostoses.

____________ fibrous joints have variable movement.

Syndesmoses.

_________ fibrous joints can be described as “peg-in-socket”.

Gomphoses.

What are the two structural classifications of cartilaginous joints?

Synchondroses and symphyses.

In ___________ joints the articulating bones are separated by a fluid-filled cavity. (Most joints!)

Synovial.

Functional classification of joints: __________ = immobile.

Synarthrosis.

Functional classification of joints: _________ = slightly moveable.

Amphiarthrosis.

Functional classification of joints: ____________ = freely moveable.

Diarthrosis.

____________ & ___________ joints are classified as either synarthrosis or amphiarthrosis.

Fibrous; cartilaginous.

All synovial joints are classified as __________.

Diarthrosis.

What are the three types of synarthroses (fibrous) joints?

Syndesmosis, suture, gomphosis.

The ______________ cartilaginous joints are associated with hyaline cartilage.

Synchondroses.

The ____________ cartilaginous joint are associated with fibrocartilage and occur in the midline.

Symphyses.

Give two examples of where you would find cartilaginous synchondroses joints.

(1) in the epiphyseal plate.


(2) in the joint between the first run and sternum.

Give two examples of where you would find a cartilaginous symphysis?

(1) the intervertebral discs.


(2) pubic symphasis.

_________ is a thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the articular surface of each bone in a synovial joint.

Articular capsule.

______________ lines inner surface of articular capsule. Cells found here secrete synovial fluid.

Synovial membrane.

____________ is the thick, slimy fluid that fills the synovial cavity.

Synovial fluid.

___________ reduces friction, absorbs shock, supplies oxygen and nutrients to chondrocytes, and removes waste. Consists of hyaluronic acid secrete by fibroblast-like cells. Becomes less viscous with exercise. (In synovial joints.)

Synovial fluid.

Bones are connected by _________.

Ligaments.

Ligaments are classified on their relationship to the joint capsule. What are the three classifications of ligaments?

Extrinsic, intrinsic, intracapsular.

A(n) __________ ligament is found outside the capsule.

Extrinsic.

A(n) __________ ligament is found fused into the wall of the capsule.

Intrinsic.

A(n) ____________ ligament is found inside the capsule.

Intracapsular.

_________ attach muscle to bone.

Tendons.

___________ allows for movement but limit the range of motions to prevent excessive or abnormal movements.

Ligaments.

________________ is a connective tissue sac that surrounds a tendon- where a tendon crosses a joint. Also contains lubricating fluid to allow for smooth movements of the tendon.

Tendon sheath.

________________ is a connective tissue sac that surrounds a tendon- where a tendon crosses a joint. Also contains lubricating fluid to allow for smooth movements of the tendon.

Tendon sheath.

___________ are fluid-filled sacs that prevent friction between skin, muscle, or tendon and an underlying bone.

Bursae.

What are the three types of bursae?

Subcutaneous, submuscular, subtendinous.

__________ is inflammation of a bursa. Causes pain, swelling, tenderness, and joint stiffness. Most commonly affected: knee, elbow, hip, and shoulder. Causes by trauma, muscle overuse, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, infection, or excessive prolonged pressure on the skin.

Bursitis.

What are the six different (structure) types of synovial joints?

Pivot, hinge, condyloid, saddle, plane, ball-&-socket.

_________ is associated with aging and “wear and tear”. It is a type of arthritis.

Osteoarthritis.

____________ is deposition of uric acid crystals within a joint. (A type of arthritis.)

Gout.

______________ arthritis is an autoimmune disease that attacks the joint capsule & synovial membrane. Articular cartilage is destroyed resulting in deformation, disability, and loss of movement.

Rheumatoid.

What is the opposite body movement of flexion?

Extension.

Describe lateral flexion.

Bending of the neck or body toward the right or left side.

Describe flexion.

Movement in the sagittal plane that decreases the angle of a joint; motion involving anterior bending of the vertebral column.

Describe extension.

Movement in the sagittal plane that increases the angle of the joint (think: straightens); motion invoking posterior bending of the vertebral column or returning to the upright position from a flexed position.

Describe extension.

Movement in the sagittal plane that increases the angle of the joint (think: straightens); motion invoking posterior bending of the vertebral column or returning to the upright position from a flexed position.

What is the opposition body movement of adduction?

Abduction.

Describe abduction.

Movement in the coronal plane that moves a limb laterally away from the body; spreading of the fingers. Moving your arms away from your body.

Describe adduction.

Movement in the coronal plane that moves a limb medially toward or across the midline of the body; bringing fingers together or your arms back against your body.

Describe rotation.

Movement of a bone around a central axis (ex: atlantoaxial joint) or around its long axis; twisting of the vertebral column resulting from the summation of small motions between adjacent vertebrae.

What is the opposite body movement of supination?

Pronation.

Describe supination.

Forearm motion that involves the palm of the hand from the palm backward to the palm forward position. (Ex: asking for a bowl of soup.)

Describe pronation.

Forearm motion that moves the palm of the hand from the palm forward to the palm backward position. (Ex. Turning down soup.)

What is the opposite body movement of inversion?

Eversion.

Describe inversion.

Foot movement involving the intertarsal joints of the foot in which the bottom of the foot is turned toward the midline. (Ex. Ankle sprain.)

Describe eversion.

Foot movement involving the intertarsal joints of the foot in which the bottom of the foot is turned laterally, away from the midline.

What is the opposite body movement of protraction?

Retraction.

Describe protraction.

Protraction: Anterior motion of the scapula or mandible.

Describe retraction.

Retraction: Posterior motion of the scapula or mandible.

What is the opposite of the body movement “depression”?

Elevation.

Describe the body movement “depression”.

Depression: Downward (inferior) motion of the scapula or mandible.

Describe the body movement “elevation”.

Elevation: Upward (superior) motion of the scapula or mandible.

Describe the body movement “lateral excursion”.

Lateral excursion: Side-to-side movement of the mandible away from the midline, toward either the right or left side.

What body movement is opposite of “opposition”?

Reposition.

Describe the body movement “opposition”.

Opposition: Thumb movement that brings the tip of the thumb in contact with the tip of a finger.

Describe the body movement “reposition”.

Reposition: movement of the Thumb from opposition back to the anatomical position (next to index finger).

What is the opposite body movement of “lateral rotation”?

Medial rotation.

What is the opposite body movement of “lateral rotation”?

Medial rotation.

Describe the body movement “lateral rotation.”

Lateral rotation: Movement of the arm at the shoulder joint or the thigh at the hip joint that brings the anterior surface of the limb toward the midline of the body.

Describe the body movement “medial rotation.”

Medial rotation: Movement of the arm at the shoulder joint or the thigh at the hip joint that brings the anterior surface of the limb toward the midline of be body.

What is the opposite body movement to “plantar flexion”?

Dorsiflexion.

Describe the body movement “plantar flexion”.

Plantar flexion: Foot Movement at the ankle in which the heel is lifted off of the ground.

Describe the body movement “dorsiflexion”.

Dorsiflexion: Movement at the ankle that brings the top of the foot toward the anterior leg.

What are three vertebral column joints?

Facet joints, Atlanto-axial joint, & Atlanto-occipital joint.

______________ are vertebral column joints that are between superior and inferior articular processes. They are plane joints that allow limited movement.

Facet joints.

The _____________ joint is between atlas & axis, it allows shaking of the head to say “no”. (A vertebral column joint.)

Atlanto-axial joint.

The _______________ joint is between occipital condyles and atlas. It allows shaking of the head to say “yes”. (A vertebral column joint.)

Atlanto-occipital joint.

The ____________ joint consists of a pair of condyloid joints. They are synovial socket-type joints.

Atlanto-occipital joints.

The ______________ joint is between the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone & the mandibular condyle of the mandible. It allows for mandibular elevation & depression, as well as side-to-side, & protraction/retraction of the lower jaw.

Temporomandibular joint.

________________ joint is a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the Humerus & glenoid cavity of the scapula. It has the largest range of motion, but it lacks structural support due to the very shallow glenoid cavity. (Shoulder joint.)

Glenohumeral joint.

The elbow joint is a uniaxial joint formed by the ___________ & ____________ joints.

Humeroulnar; Humeroradial.

The ___________ joint is a multiaxial ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and acetabulum. It has limited range of motion.

Iliofemoral.

The ___________________ spans between the femoral head and the acetabulum and houses an important artery supplying the head.

Ligamentum teres.

A ___________ is a common injury in elderly people... The fracture of the femoral neck.

Broken hip.

The __________ is that largest joint in the body, it is a hinge joint that allows flexion and extension of the leg.

Knee joint.

The knee joint consists of what 3 articulation?

Femoropatellar joint, medial tibiofemoral joint, lateral tibiofemoral joint.

The _______________ injury is caused by a powerful blow to the lateral leg. It involved injury to the tibial collateral ligament, medial meniscus, and anterior cruciate ligament.

Terrible triad knee injury.

The _______________ is an ankle joint and is found between talus and distal ends of the tibia and fibula. This uniaxial joint allows for dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.

Talocrural joint.

The ___________ joint is an ankle joint located between talus and calcaneus.

Subtalar joint.

What ligaments are associated with the ankle joint?

Deltoid ligament, Anterior & posterior talofibular ligaments, calcanofibular ligament.

______________ is a break in the lower part of the fibular and the malleolus of the tibia. It is due to lateral displacement of the foot.

Pott’s Fracture.

Which ligaments are most affected in an ankle sprain?

The anterior talofibular and calcanofibular ligaments.

Ankle sprains involve...

Stretching or tearing supporting ligaments and excessive inversion damages lateral ligaments.

What are the four characteristics of muscle tissue?

Excitability, contractility, extensibility, & elasticity.

The muscle tissue characteristic “___________” involves the ability to carry an action potential across the cell membrane.

Excitability.

The muscle tissue characteristic “___________” involves the ability to carry an action potential across the cell membrane.

Excitability.

The muscle tissue characteristic “_______________” involves the ability to contract/shorten when stimulated by action potentials/electrical impulses.

Contractility.

The muscle tissue characteristic “________” involves the ability to stretch or extend.

Extensibility.

The muscle tissue characteristic “________” involves the ability to stretch or extend.

Extensibility.

The muscle tissue characteristic “___________” involves the ability to return to its original shape & length.

Elasticity.

What are the 4 functions of muscle tissue?

(1) Produces body movements. (2) Stabilizing body positions- posture and joints. (3) Stores & moves substances within the body. (4) Generates heat.

What are the three layers of connective tissue that skeletal muscle is composed of? They are also called “mysia”.

Epimysium, perimysium, endomysium.

____________ is a layer of CT that surrounds the whole muscle, it is the outermost layer.

Epimysium.

_____________ is a layer of CT that surrounds fascicles (bundles of muscle fibers).

Perimysium.

____________ is a layer of CT that surrounds individual muscle fibers inside a fascicle.

Endomysium.

____________ are bundles of muscle fibers.

Fascicles.

What does endomysium cover?

It covers muscle fibers within a fascicle.

What does perimysium cover?

Perimysium covers fascicles.

What does epimysium cover?

Epimysium covers the muscle as a whole.

The ___________ is the muscle fiber’s/cell’s “plasma membrane”.

Sarcolemma.

___________ fluid contains hyaluronic acid.

Synovial.

One __________ muscle is voluntary.

Skeletal.

___________ is a response to a stimulus.

Excitation.

_____________ is a change of the charge across the membrane of a cell.

Excitability.

Around the myofibers we have ____________, a connective tissue that wraps around each skeletal muscle fibers.

Endomysium.

__________ & _________ Cause the striations in cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue.

Actin and myosin.

Which is thicker? Actin or myosin?

Myosin.

Sarcomere go from _______ to _____.

Z disc, z disc.

The _______ is the area nearest the z disc where it appears lighter.

The I band.

The __________ has no actin in it, only myosin.

H band.

The dark _______________ has both actin and myosin in it.

A band.

___________ is bound to tropomyosin.

Troponin.

___________ normally covers the myosin binding sites on actin.

Tropomyoscin.

_________ is a molecule that contains lots of nitrogen and has a phosphate group on it. The phosphate came from adenosinetryphosphate.

Creatine phosphate.

___________ can give away a phosphate to ADP and then turn it into ATP.

Creatine phosphate.

________ helps give a resting place for excess phosphate when we do not have a contraction going on.

Creatine.

When we have to much ATP we store it in the form of ________.

Creatine phosphate.

___________ respiration has no oxygen.

Anerobic.

______________ does not need oxygen, and it is used during heavy exercise and after depletion of creatine phosphate.

Anaerobic respiration.

_________ respiration is the 2nd source of energy for contraction.

Anaerobic.

__________ catabolizes glucose to make ATP.

Glycolysis.

__________ respiration makes the body acidic, is good for short bursts of strength, and provides 30-40 seconds of maximal contraction.

Anaerobic.

__________ respiration is cellular respiration and REQUIRES oxygen.

Aerobic.

__________ is how we store oxygen in our muscles and it provides oxygen and energy.

Myoglobin.

___________ is the oxygen needed to get rid of the lactic acid.

Oxygen debt.

A(n) _________ contraction is when tension is constant and length changes.

Isotonic.

________ contractions are when the muscle shortens.

Concentric.

________ contraction is when the muscle lengthens.

Eccentric.

___________ contraction is when the tension that is generated is not enough to change its length- length stays the same.

Isometric.

Small motor units consist of _________ fibers per unit.

2-20.

Large motor units consist of ________ fibers per unit.

2000-3000.

Regarding a motor unit, the strength of the contract is dependent on...

The size of the motor unit and the number of units activated all at once.

_________ covers the myosin bonding sites on actin when the muscle is resting.

Tropomyosin.

The _______ period is when the muscle is resting.

Latent.

________ is partially sustained muscle contraction.

Muscle tone.

Isometric means...

Same length.

________ muscle is involuntary, has intercalated discs, desmosomes and gap junctions.

Cardiac.

_________ fibers have more oxygen and more mitochondria.

Oxidated.

________ fibers do not use oxygen that much.

Glycolytic.

__________ muscles are muscles that do not have to contract quickly, but have to contract over a longer period of time.

Slow oxidative.

Fast oxidative fibers = ________ contractions.

Fast.

Slow oxidative fibers = _______ contractions.

Slow

Smooth muscle is made up of ________ cells.

Smooth muscle.

Smooth muscle is the only muscle that has cells that undergo mitosis, this is a process called ___________.

Hyperplasia.

Smooth muscle is the only muscle that has cells that undergo mitosis, this is a process called ___________.

Hyperplasia.

Hyperplasia is associated with ________ in smooth muscle.

Mitosis.

__________ is when muscle gets bigger- you only see this in skeletal and cardiac.

Hypertrophy.

__________ muscle does not have striations.

Smooth.

In skeletal muscle _________ is a good thing because it means you are building muscle.

Hypertrophy.

Skeletal and cardiac muscle both have _________ and ________.

Striations and sarcomeres.

Instead of troponin and tropomyosin, smooth muscle has _________.

Calmodgulin!

Calmodgulin is a protein found in ___________.

Smooth muscle.

_________ is the only type of muscle that undergoes hyperplasia.

Smooth muscle.

________ is the part of the muscle that is stationary/won’t move.

Origin.

________ is the part of the muscle that moves towards the origin.

Insertion.

The muscle _______ is the thick part of the muscle.

Belly.

The __________ is the muscle that moves a body part in a certain direction.

Agonist.

____________ is the muscle that helps the action, it helps muscles do their job.

Synergist.

A fixator is a type of _______.

Synergist

___________ are the muscles that cause the action. They are the main muscle that causes the action.

Prime movers.

Muscles of facial expression insert on the _______.

Skin.