Fibrous Joints
Cartilaginous Joints
Synovial Joints
Vocabulary/
Types of Joints
Miscellaneous
100
Lie between bones that closely contact one another
What are fibrous joints
100
Another word for hyaline cartilage
What is fibrocartilage
100
Consists of a bone with a globular or slightly egg-shaped head that articulates with the cup-shaped cavity of another bone
What is a ball-and-socket joint
100
Functional junctions between the bones
What are joints
100
Number of categories of synovial joints
What is 6-ball and socket joint, condyloid, gliding, hinge, pivot, and saddle
200
The layer of dense connective tissue joins the bones is. . .
What is thin
200
Absorbs shocks and helps equalize pressure between adjacent vertebrae when the body moves
What is the function of the discs in each vertebrae
200
Fluid filled sacs
What are bursae
200
Lie between bones that closely contact one another
What are fibrous joints
200
The types of joints found in the bone of the skull
What are sutures
300
Another word for limited movement
What is amphiarthrotic
300
Connects the bones of cartilaginous joints
What is hyaline/fibrocartilage
300
Flattened shock absorbing pads of fibrocartilage that appear in some synovial joints
What are menisci
300
White fibrous consisting of the protein collagen, common in connective tissue including the bone matrix
What are cartilaginous joints
300
Another name for gliding joints
What are plane joints
400
Another word for no appreciable movement
What is synarthrotic
400
Allow limited movement of cartilaginous joints
What is the function of the slight flexibility of the discs
400
An oval shaped condyle of one bone fits into an elliptical cavity of another bone
What is a condyloid or ellipsoidal joint
400
Allow free movement
What are synovial joints
400
The three types of phalanx found in a phalange
What are proximal, middle, and distal
500
Joint in the leg between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula have. . .
What is limited movement
500

2 Types of Cartilaginous Joints

What are the joints between the body of the vertebrae, and pubic symphysis?

500
Separate the articulating surfaces of the femur and tibia
What is a menisci
500
Forms between bones whose articulating surfaces have both concave and convex regions
What are saddle joints
500
Number of joints in the human body
What is 230
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