Joints
The type of joint that has a joint capsule
What are synovial joints
The type of fracture caused by repeated impact.
What is a stress fracture?
The cells that build cartilage.
What are chondrocytes?
The anatomy term for the jaw joint
What is the temporomandibular joint?
Movement towards the midline.
What is adduction?
A slightly mobile joint
What is an amphiarthrosis?
What occurs when the humerus moves out of the glenoid cavity.
What is a shoulder dislocation?
Bridges of bone in spongy bone.
What are trabeculae?
Anatomy name for the shoulder joint.
What is the glenohumeral joint?
Movement without change in joint angles.
What is gliding motion?
Elongated bursae
What is a tendon sheath?
Occurs when stabilizing ligaments are stretched or torn.
What are sprains?
Cells that sense strain on bone.
What are osteocytes?
What is the acromioclavicular ligament and the coracoclavicular ligament?
Increasing the angle between two bones.
What is extension?
The type of fibrous joint present in teeth.
What is gomphoses?
Autoimmune disease where joint tissue is attacked.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Unit found in compact bone that is not present in spongy bone.
What are osteons?
The two articulations in the knee joint
What is the tibiofemoral joint and the patellofemoral joint?
Portions of the spine involved in lateral flexion.
What are the cervical and lumbar regions?
Articular cartilage in synovial joints.
What is hyaline cartilage?
The ligament that is often injured in pitchers.
What is the ulnar (medial) collateral ligament?
Location of red bone marrow in long bones.
Supporting ligaments of the elbow joint
What is the radial collateral ligament, the ulnar collateral ligament, and the annular ligament?
The thumb touching other fingers.
What is opposition?