Body Movement Pairs
Bend and straighten the arm.
What is flexion and extension?
A name for adjacent bones united by fibrous connective tissue. (structural)
What are fibrous joints?
What is another name for synovial joints that are freely moveable?
What are diathrosis?
An example of a suture joint.
What is the skull?
Another name for a body joint.
What is articulation?
Toe to shin and point toe.
What is dorsiflexion and plantar flexion?
When the bones are connected by hyaline cartilage. (structural)
What are cartilaginous joints?
Give 3 examples of diathrosis.
What are uniaxial, biaxial and multiaxial?
An example of a symphysis joint.
What is the pubic symphysis?
An inflammatory or degenerative disease of the joint.
What is arthritis?
Palms facing up and palms facing down.
What is supination and pronation?
The most numerous type of joints in the body.
What are synovial joints?
Name 2 types of multiaxial joints.
What are plane and ball and socket?
An example of a synchondrosis joint.
What are ribs and costal cartilage?
It separates adjacent structures to help prevent friction.
What is the bursa?
Forward and backward movement of the shoulder and mandible.
What is protraction and retraction?
Immobile joints. (functional)
What are synathrosis?
Name 2 types of uniaxial joints.
What are pivot and hinge?
An example of syndesmosis.
What is the ulna and radius joint?
Most common chronic arthritis due to aging.
What is osteoarthritis?
Thumb to pinky and back.
What is opposition and reposition?
Limited mobility joints. (functional)
What are amphiathrosis?
Name 2 examples of biaxial joints.
What are condyloid and saddle?
An example of gomphosis.
What is a tooth socket?
When the immune system attacks the joints causing deformities.
What is Rheumatoid arthritis?