Tortor Chapter 9 - Cartilaginous Joints Flash Cards

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Title: Tortor Chapter 9 - Cartilaginous Joints
Description: Joints and homeostasis
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Created: 2009-07-18
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    • Side 3
    • Classification of joints
    • Fibrous
      Cartilaginous
      Synovial
    • Fibrous joints
    • Bones held together by fibrous C.T
      Rich in collagen fibres
      lack synovial cavity
    • Cartilaginous joints
    • Bones held together by cartilage
      Lack synovial cavity
    • Synovial joints
    • Bones forming the joint have synovial cavity
      United by dense irregular C.T of articular capsule
      often by accessory ligaments
    • Synarthrosis
    • "syn = together"
      Immovable joint
    • Amphiarthrosis
    • "ampia = on both sides"
      Slightly movable joint.
    • Diarhtrosis
    • "Diathrosis = movable joints"
      Freely movable joint.
    • Fibrous joints
    • Lack a synovial cavity.
      Articulating bones held very closely together by fibrous CT.
      Permit little or no movement.
    • The 3 types of fibrous joints
    • Sutures
      Syndesmoses
      gomphoses
    • Syndesmoses
    • "syndesmo = band or ligament"
      E.g the distal tibiofibular joint, where the anterior tibiofibular ligament connects the tibia and fibula.
    • Synchondrosis
    • "chondrosis = cartilage"
      Cartilaginous joint in which CT material is hyaline cartilage.
      E.g = epiphyseal plate that connects epiphysis and diaphysis of growing bone.
    • Symphyses
    • "growing together"
      Cartilaginous join in which ends of articulating bones are covered with hyaline cartilage.