Synovial Joint anatomy
The type of fluid found inside a joint.
What is synovial fluid?
What is hinge joint?
Hip joint
What is ball and socket?
These joints are extremely tight allowing for no movement.
What are Synarthrosis?
To make an angle smaller.
What is flexion?
This connects a bone to a bone.
What is a ligament?
Multiaxial joint that has the most movement.
What is ball and socket?
Elbow
What is hinge?
The two main ball and socket joints.
What are Shoulder and Hip.
Pointing your toes to the ground.
What is plantar flexion?
This attaches muscles to bones (or to other muscles)
What is a tendon?
Biaxial oval on oval joint that is found in the wrist.
What is ellipsoidal or condyloid?
Cranium
What is fibrous / Immovable
These joints are freely moveable.
What are Diarthrosis?
Moving a joint beyond is normal maximum extension
What is hyperextension?
The outer portion of a joint.
What is a joint capsule?
This is a ring around a notch that moves around an axis.
What is a pivot joint?
Ribs
What is cartilaginous / amphiarthrotic?
Slightly moveable joints.
What are amphiarthrosis?
Taking the arm away from the midline.
What is abduction?
Reduces friction between tissue
What are bursae?
The concave on convex that allows for opposition of the thumb.
What is a saddle joint?
The joints between carpals
What is gliding ?
(gliding , synovial, diarthrotic)
The two main hinge joints.
What are the elbow and knee?
Rotating the humorous towards the midline while flexing the elbow.
What is internal rotation?