Joint Classifications
This is the structural classification of joints that has the most mobility.
What are synovial joints?
This is the name of the ligament that connects the clavicle to the coracoid process.
What is the coracoclavicular ligament?
The greater trochanter is located on this side of the femur.
What is the lateral side?
This is the syndrome, most common in adolescent boys, which involves strain and inflammation in the growth plate at the tibial tuberosity. It worsens with jumping and running.
What is Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome?
This is the part of the ilium that articulates with the head of the femur.
What is the acetabulum?
This is the functional classification of fibrous joints.
What is synarthrosis?
This is the ligament that connects the femur to the head of the fibula.
What is the lateral collateral ligament?
This is the name of the pathway between the two condyles of the femur through which the patella glides.
What is the patellar groove?
In a shoulder dislocation, these two surfaces become displaced from each other:
What are the head of the humerus and the glenoid fossa??
The term "sprain" always refers to these structures (tendons or ligaments).
What are ligaments?
These joints are characterized by a joint capsule and synovial fluid.
What are synovial (diarthrosis) joints?
This deep ligament attaches anteriorly to the tibia and posteriorly to the femur.
What is the anterior cruciate ligament?
This is the name of the ankle bone on the inside of your ankle.
What is the medial malleolus?
IN a shoulder separation, these two landmarks become displaced from each other.
What are the clavicle and acromion process?
This is the name for the cartilaginous pads that rest between the condyles of the tibia and the condyles of the femur.
What are menisci (singular meniscus)?
Intervertebral joints fall under this structural classification.
What is a cartilaginous joint?
This ligament connects the acromion process to the clavicle.
What is the acromioclavicular ligament?
This is the name for the bony ridge along the top of your hip bone.
What is the iliac crest?
This syndrome is most common in adolescent females and involves irritation on the posterior surface of the patella from friction against the condyle of the femur.
What is patellofemoral syndrome?
This is the name of the long bone that is at the most very tip of your big toe (include the digit number in your answer)
What is the distal phalanx of the first digit?
What is a gliding joint?
This ligament connects the medial surface of the tibia to the medial surface of the femur.
What ais the medial collateral ligament?
This is the ridge on the front of the tibia, just below the knee.
What is the tibial tuberosity?
This is a degenerative bone disease, most common in elderly women results in brittle bones that break easily, and is caused by lack of calcium.
What is osteoporosis?
This is the bone that you step on when your heel strikes the floor.
What is calcaneus?