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fibrous joints
1. •Held together with dense connective tissue contain- ing
many collagen fibers
• Found in bones in close contact
2. 3 types of fibrous joints: •Syndesmosis
• Suture
• Gomphosis
3. •Bones bound by a sheet of dense connective tissue syndesmosis
(interosseous membrane) or a bundle of dense con- nective
tissue (interosseous ligament)
4. Cone-shaped bony process in a socket gomphosis
5. 2 types of cartilaginous joints •Synchondrosis
• Symphysis
6. Bands of hyaline cartilage unite bones synchondrosis
7. •Joint between bodies of adjacent vertebrae (interver- Symphysis; Amphiarthrot-
tebral discs) ic
8. •All are diarthrotic joints Synovial Joints
9. •Hip, shoulder ball and socket
10. •Oval condyle fits into elliptical cavity condylar
• Joints between metacarpals and phalanges
11. •Almost flat, or slightly curved plane joints
Wrist and ankle joints
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12. •Convex surface fits into concave surface of other bone hinge joint
• Elbow, joints between phalanges
13. •Thin layer of connective tissue (sutural ligament) con-
suture pivot joints
nects bones
14. •Atlas- first vertebrae (C1) and dens of axis- second (C2) saddle joints
• Cylindrical surface rotates within ring of other bone
15. •Both bones have concave and convex surfaces
• Carpal and metacarpal of thumb
16. Relatively fixed end of a skeletal muscle origin
17. More movable end of a skeletal muscle insertion
18. •Bending of parts at a joint flexion
19. •Bending to the side lateral flexion
20. Moving a part of body toward midline adduction
21. Moving a part of body away from midline abduction
22. Ankle movement which points toes upward dorsiflexion
23. Ankle movement which points toes downward plantar flexion
24. Movement of a part of body in circular path circumduction
25. Straightening of parts at a joint extension
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26. Extension beyond normal anatomical position hyperextension
27. Movement of limb so anterior surface moves toward medial rotation
midline