Non-synovial joints
Fibrous joints found in skull
What is suture?
Fluid within the joint cavity, provides cushion, lubrication, and nutrition
What is synovial fluid?
The hip, or the shoulder
What is ball-and-socket joint?
Caritalge plates of the knee joint
What is menisci?
Inflammatory, auto-immune arthritis
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
A slightly moveable joint
What is amphiarthortic?
Secretes the fluid in the joint cavity
What is synovial membrane?
The elbow
What is hinge joint?
This strucutre helps secure the head of the femur to the acetabulum, making the hip hard to dislocate
What is the ligamentum teres?
Can be caused by chronic grinding/clenching of the teeth
What is TMJ disorder?
Bone united by fibrocartilage
What is a symphysis?
Caps on the end of bones thet provide protection
What is articular cartilage?
What is supination and pronation?
This joint has two joint cavities seperated by an articular disc, making it a modified hinge
What is TMJ?
The reason cartilage has low regeneration potential
What is avascular?
Bones united by hyaline cartilage
What is syndrondroses?
Provides stablization, like the coracohumeral one
What is a ligament?
Nonaxial movement
What is plane joint?
stabilizes the radial head within the radial notch of the ulna as it rotates during supination and pronation of the forearm.
What is the anular ligament?
This ligament can be torn because of a lateral force to the knee, and often requires surgery to fix
What is the anterior cruciate ligamanet?
Joint held together by ligaments
What is syndesmosis?
A fluid filled sac that reduces friction between bone and other strucutres
What is bursa?
Adduction/Abduction and flexion/extension of the thumb
What is saddle joint?
Provides shock absorption and stability from within the shoulder joint
What is the glenoid labrum?
What is gouty arthritis?