of
Function of Joints
What are
1. mobility
2. hold together
3. protective role?
Immovable
What is Synarthroses joints?
Fibrous joints
What are bones joined by fibrous tissue that lack a joint cavity?
Abduction
What is movement away from the body?
Inversion
What is movement that turns the sole of the foot medially?
Pivot Joint
What are joints where rounded end of one bone protrudes into a ring of bone/ligaments of another bone?
Knee
What is the largest & most complex joint in the human body?
Articulations or joints
What is the site where two or more bones meet?
Slightly movable
What is amphiarthroses joints?
Cartilaginous Joint
What are bones connected with cartilage that lack a joint cavity?
Adduction
What is movement toward the body?
Eversion
What is the movement of the sole of the foot laterally?
Plane Joints
What are flat articular joints that allow gliding?
Meniscus
What is the fibrous cartilage located at the proximal end of the tibia?
Functional or Structural
What are ways to classify joints in the human body?
Freely movable
What is diarthroses joints?
Synovial Joint
What are bones separated by a fluid filled cavity with freedom of movement?
hyperextension
What is movement beyond the original position of the joint?
Elevation
What is lifting a body part superiorly?
Hinge Joint
What is a type of synovial joint where the cylinder shape of one bone fits into the trough of another bone?
Five
What is the number of MAJOR ligaments in the human knee?
Bursae
What are flattened fluid-containing sacs that reduce friction during joint activity?
Sutures -give functional & structural type
What are synarthroses and Fibrous joints?
Syndesmoses
What is a structural classification for bones connected by ligaments?
Retraction
What is movement in the posterior direction (overbite)?

Depression
What is moving an elevated body part in the inferior direction?
condyloid joints
What is a joint with an oval surface of one bone fits into the complementary depression of another?
Cruciate ligaments
What is located outside the synovial cavity & prevent anterior-posterior displacement?
Tendon Sheath
What is an elongated bursa that wraps completely around a tendon?
Functions of Joints
What are give skeleton mobility, hold skeleton together, and sometime protective role?
Gomphoses
What are joints that look like "peg-in-socket" or tooth & its socket?
Protraction
What is movement in the anterior direction (underbite)?
supination
What is movement that rotates the radius & ulna so the palm is facing upward?
saddle joints
What is a joint with an articular surface has both convex and concave areas?
Coxal joint
What is the hip joint characterized as a ball and socket joint?