Vocab
Joint Structure
Joint Movements
Joint Types
Clinical Connection
100

Articulation point.

What is a joint?

100

Function as amphiarthrosis or synarthosis.

What are fibrous or cartilaginous joints?


100

The movement of the mandible or shoulder girdle forward on a plane parallel with the ground.

What is protraction?

100

A synovial joint in which the articular surface of one bone is saddle-shaped and the articular surface of the other bone is shaped like the legs of the rider sitting in the saddle, as in the joint between the trapezium and the metacarpal of the thumb. Also called a Sellar joint.

What is saddle joint?

100

Epiphyseal cartilage and bone growth occurs at the…

What is epiphyseal plate?

200

Inflammation of bursa.

What is bursitis.


200

Responsible for holding bones together and has no nerve perception. 

What is the articular capsule?


200

A movement of the forearm in which the palm is turned anteriorly.

What is supination?

200

A cartilaginous joint in which the connecting material is hyaline cartilage.

What is synchondrosis?

200

Inflammation of a joint.

What is arthritis?

300

Joint with no movement associated with it. 

What is synarthroses?


300

What is responsible for strengthening the joint overall?

What is the reinforcing ligament?


300

Movement in which there is a decrease in the angle between two bones.

What is flexion?

300

A synovial joint in which a convex surface of one bone fits into a concave surface of another bone, such as the elbow, knee, ankle, and interphalangeal joints. Also called a Ginglymus (JIN-gli-mus) Joint.

What is hinge joint?

300

Common in 80% of aged individuals.

What is osteoarthritis?

400
Joints with free movement.

What is diarthrosis?


400

What is responsible for monitoring pressure and position while providing nutrients?

What is nerves and blood vessels?


400

Movement in which a part of the body moves inferiorly.

What is depression?

400

A synovial joint in which a rounded, pointed, or conical surface of one bone articulates with a ring formed partly by another bone and partly by a ligament, as in the joint between the atlas and axis and between the proximal ends of the radius and ulna.

What is pivot joint?

400

Displacement of a bone from a joint with tearing of ligaments, tendons, and articular capsules

What is dislocation?

500

This joint type includes fibrous syndesmosis and cartilaginous symphysis. 

What is amphiarthrosis?


500

An amphiarthrosis level of movement located between two bones in the appendicular skeleton. 

What is syndesmoses?


500

A movement of a part of the body posteriorly in a transverse plane.

What is retraction?

500

Sac like synovial structures located at sites of considerable friction, such as, between skin and bone, muscle and bone, tendons and bone.

What is bursae?

500

Hereditary condition associated with excessive uric acid in the blood; the acid crystallizes and deposits in joints, kidneys, and soft tissue.

What is gout?