Synovial Joints
Joint Movements
Miscellaneous
Functional Classification
Structural Classification
100

This type of synovial  joint is also known as a plane joint. 

Gliding 

100

Moving limb in a circle, like making circles with arms.

Circumduction

100

the meeting places between 2 or more bones. They give the skeleton mobility and hold it together. 

Joints

100

_______________ are non-moving joints

Ex. The part of the skull that protects the brain:  cranium

Synarthroses

100

____________________ are connect bones with cartilage. Can be rigid but also slightly movable. 

Cartilaginous joints

200

Allows angular movements like flexion and extension. 

Hinge

200

Lifting (then lowering) a body part superiorly, Like shrugging your shoulders, jaw dropping.

Elevation and depression

200

Important connective tissues:

_____________ attach bones to bones

_____________ attach muscles to bones

Ligaments

Tendons

200

____________ are freely moving joints

Ex. Like knee and elbow joints, mainly in our limbs

Diarthroses 

200

_______________ connect bones with dense connective tissues AND a fluid filled joint cavity. 

Synovial joints 

300

Allows rotation as well as twisting movements back and forth.

Pivot

300

Sticking jaw out (to make an under bite) and back in

Protraction and retraction

300

Movement occurs when muscles contract. The two types of movements are: 

_____________ causes a change in the length of the muscles Ex. Lifting a box or doing push-ups

_____________ is no change in length

Ex. Standing with good posture or doing a plank

Isotonic 


Isometric

300

________________ are slightly-moving joints

Ex. Where pubic bones meet in the pelvis.

Amphiarthroses 

300

_______________ connect bones with the collagen fibers of dense connective tissue. Mostly immovable. 

Fibrous Joints 

400

Allows opposition movements as well as flexion/extension, abduction/adduction.

Ex. Thumb joints

Saddle 

400

Turning the foot towards the midline of the body vs. turning away from the midline of the body. 

Inversion and eversion

400

The less movable the joint is the _______________ stable it is. 

more

400

Bones in the skull are held together with fibrous joints called __________. 


sutures 

500

Allows movements like flexion/extension, as well as abduction and adduction. 

Condylar

500

Lifting foot up and down at the ankle.

Dorsiflexion and plantar flexion

500

_____________ is the movable bone during a muscle contraction.

_____________ the bone that moves less or not at all.

Insertion

Origin

500

A slightly movable joint made of fibrocartilaginous intervertebral discs that act as a shock absorbers between vertebrae is called a ______________. 


symphysis