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name and describe the 3 types of functional classification

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  • synarthrosis (immovable)
  • amphiarthrosis (slightly movable)
  • diarthrosis ( freely movable)
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name and describe the 3 types of structural classification

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  • fibrous (connected by fibrous tissue)
  • cartilaginous (connected by cartilage)
  • synovial (contains a joint cavity)
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what kind of structural and functional classification is a suture

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  • structural: fibrous

- functional: synarthrosis

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what kind of structural and functional classification is a gomphoses

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  • structural: fibrous
  • functional: synarthrosis
    • connected by periodontal ligaments
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what kind of structural and functional classification is a syndesmoses

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  • structural: fibrous
  • functional: amphiarthrosis
  • tibia/fibula and radius/ulna
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what kind of structural and functional classification is a synchondrosis

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  • structural: cartilaginous
  • functional: synarthrosis
  • costochondral joint and epiphyseal plate
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what type of cartilage is found in a synchondrosis

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  • hyaline
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what kind of structural and functional classification is a symphysis

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  • structural: cartilaginous
  • functional: amphiarthrosis
  • pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs
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what kind of functional classification is a synovial joint

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  • diarthrosis

- shoulder, elbow, hip, knee

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what makes up the articular capsule

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  • fibrous layer

- synovial joint

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what does the synovial fluid do

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  • nutrient distribution
  • shock absorption
  • lubrication
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where is the synovial fluid found

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in the joint cavity

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what type of joint is the least mobile

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gliding or planar

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list 3 examples of a hinge joint

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  • interphalangeal
  • ankle
  • knee
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list two examples of a pivot joint

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  • proximal radioulnar

- atlantoaxial

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list 2 examples of a condylar or ellipsoid joint

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  • metacarpalphalangeal

- radiocarpal

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list an example of a saddle joint

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  • carpmetacarpal joint of thumb
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list two examples of a ball and socket joint

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  • hip

- shoulder

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what is the most mobile joint

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  • ball and socket
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list 3 examples of a gliding or planar joint

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  • intercarpal
  • sternocostal
  • acromicoclavicular
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what is the location of the atlanto-occipital joint

what does it do

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  • between the atlas and occipital condyles
  • neck flexion and extension
  • nods yes
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what is the location of the atlanto-axial joint

what does it do

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  • between atlas and dens of the axis
  • neck rotation
  • shaking head no
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what type of joints are intervertebral joints

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  • synovial, gliding
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what is another name for the shoulder joint

what makes up this joint

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  • glenohumeral joint

- head of humerus and glenoid cavity of scapula

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what ligaments are in the shoulder
- acromioclavicular - coracohumeral - transverse humeral - coracoclavicular - coracoacromial - glenohumeral
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what are the shoulder bursae
- subdeltoid bursa - subacromial bursa - subcoracoid bursa - subscapular bursa
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what two joints make up the elbow joint
- humero-ulnar joint | - humeroradial joint
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what type of joint is the humero-ulnar (from the elbow)
- hinge
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what ligaments make up the elbow
- radial collateral - annular - ulnar collateral
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what is another name for the hip joint
- coxal joint
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what makes up the hip (coxal) joint
- head of femur and acetabulum
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what ligaments are in the hip
- iliofemoral - pubofemoral - ischiofemoral - ligamentum teres
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what joints make up the knee
- tibiofemoral and patellarfemoral
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what type of joint is the knee
- hinge
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what makes up the tibiofemoral joint (knee)
- medial/lateral condyles of femur | - medial/lateral condyles of tibia
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what makes up the patellarfemoral joint (knee)
- patella | - patellar surface of femur
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what makes up the humero-ulnar joint (elbow)
- trochlea of humerus | - trochlear notch of ulna
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what makes up the humeroradial joint
- capitulum of humerus | - head of radius
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what are the ligaments in the knee
- anterior cruciate - posterior cruciate - medial collateral - lateral collateral
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where is the menisci located
between the femur and tibia
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where do the acl and pcl attach
named to where they attach on the tibia
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