Types of Joints
What joints are only found in the skull?
Sutures
What ball and socket joint is in the upper body?
Shoulder
What type of joint is the hip?
Ball and socket
What are the different types of movement?
Angular, circular, gliding, special
What is the most common cause of noninflammatory joint problems?
Traumatic injury
Where does the most symphyses located?
In the middle of the body
What joints are found between vertebrae?
Vertebral
What type of joint is the ankle?
Synovial (hinge)
Which movements occur in only a very limited amount of joints?
Special movements
What is the most common noninflammatory disorder of movable joints? (and what are the TWO names it goes by?)
What joints occur between the root of a tooth and the alveolar process of mandible of maxilla?
Gomphoses
What type of joint is the wrist?
Synovial (condyloid)
What are the symptoms of a sprained ankle?
Pain/swelling over the lateral side of the ankle?
What is an example of protraction?
How many times are hip and knee replacements performed per year in the United States?
More than 300,000 times/year
What joints are the body's most mobile, numerous, and anatomically complex?
Synovial joints
Which types of articulations make up the elbow joint?
Hinge and pivot
What is the scientific name for the knee joint?
Tibiofemoral joint
Which bones does gliding movement occur in between?
Carpal and tarsal bones.
Why do joint disorders have such profound effects on body mobility?
Joints, bones, and muscles work together as a functional unit, so a joint disorder, regardless of type/classification, can prevent smooth/precise movement.
If a functional classification scheme is used, joints are divided into what three classes?
Synarthroses(immovable), amphiarthroses(slightly movable), and diarthroses(freely movable)
What 4 movements does the wrist do?
Flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction
What 6 movements does the hip do?
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, circumduction
What is the difference between plantar flexion and dorisflexion?
Plantar Flexion - occurs when foot is stretched down and back, increases the angle between top of the foot and front of the leg.
Dorisflexion - occurs when foot is tilted upward, decreases the angle between the top of the foot and front of the leg.
What is arthritis and what causes it?
Arthritis is a general name for many inflammatory joint diseases caused by a variety of factors, including infection, injury, genetics, or autoimmunity.