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NRSG 201 Lecture Exam 3 Questions and Answers Grade A+
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Articulation definition
✓ sites where 2+ bones or cartilage/bone and teeth meet
Joints function
✓ mobility and holding together
fibrous joint definition
✓ bones joined by dense fibrous connective tissue, no cavity, mostly
synarthrotic
Fibrous joints types
✓ sutures, syndesmoses, gomphoses
Cartilaginous joint definition
✓ bones held together by cartilage, no cavity
Cartilaginous joint examples
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✓ synchondrosis, symphysis
Synovial joint definition
✓ bones separated by a fluid-filled cavity, freely moving, has articular
cartilage
Synarthrosis definition
✓ immovable joint
Synarthosis examples
✓ Fibrous/suture: skull
✓ Fibrous/syndesmosis: gomphosis/teeth
✓ Cartilaginous/synchondrosis: sternocostal
Amphiarthrosis definition
✓ slightly movable joint
Diarthosis definition
✓ freely moving joints
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Amphiarthosis examples
✓ Fibrous/syndesmosis: gomphosis/distal tibiofibular
✓ Cartilagionous/symphysis: pubic sympysis
Structure and characteristics of synovial joints
✓ cavity, articular cartilage, joint capsule, synovial fluid
Structures associated with synovial joints
✓ Ligaments: tough, fibrous CT that make joints
✓ Menisci: fibrocartilage pads as shock absorbers
✓ Bursae: bags of fluid that reduce friction
✓ Tendon sheaths: tube-like bursae wrapped around tendons
Structural types of synovial joints
✓ plane joint, hinge joint, pivot joint, condylar joint, saddle joint, ball and
socket joint
Plane joint: movement and examples
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✓ gliding/rotation
✓ ex. intercarpal, intervertebral, femoropatellar
Ball-and-socket joint: movement and examples
✓ flexion/extension, adduction/abduction, rotation, circumduction
✓ ex. glenohumeral, acetabulfemoral
Condyloid joint: movement and examples
✓ flexion/extension, adduction/abduction, circumduction
✓ ex. radiocarpal, metacarpophalangeal, atlanto-occipital (lateral flex)
Hinge joint: movement and examples
✓ flexion/extension, dorsiflexion/plantar flexion
✓ ex. humeroulnar, interphalangeal
Modified hinge joint: movement and examples
✓ gliding, rotation, elevation/depression, protraction/retraction
✓ ex. temporomandibular
Pivot joint: movement and examples
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