Joints (Cram)

Joints that allow a wide range of movement

Synovial joint/diarthroses

Separation between the bones of a synovial joint, filled with synovial fluid

Joint capsule

Secreted by the synovial membrane, lubricates the joint, and provides nutrition for the hyaline articular cartilage

Synovial fluid

A band of fibrous connective tissue that connect muscle to bone to help the animal move

Tendon

A band of fibrous connective tissue that connects one bone to another bone to help stabilize joints

Ligament

Movement of a body part away from the median plane or axis (eg. moving a leg out sideways)

Abduction

Movement of a body part towards the median plane or axis (eg. moving a leg from the side to underneath the body)

Adduction

Movement that increases the angle between two bones (eg. straightening the limb)

Extension

Movement that reduces the angle between two bones (eg. bending the limb)

Flexion

Immovable fibrous tissue joints that ossify with age

Sutures/synarthroses

Joint with limited movement, occurs along a midline, made of fibrocartilage, may ossify with age

Amphiarthroses/symphysis

Give two ball and socket joint examples

1. Coxofemoral joint

2. Scapulohumeral joint

Give two gliding or sliding joint examples

1. Intercarpal joints

2. Intertarsal joints

Another name for a gliding or sliding joint

Arthrodial joint

Give two hinge joint examples

1. Humeroulnar joint

2. Femorotibial joint

Another name for a hinge joint

Ginglymus joint

Give one pivot joint exmaple

Atlantoaxial

Another name for a pivot joint

Trochoid joint

Correct anatomical term for jaw joint

Temporomandibular joint

Correct anatomical term for hip joint

Coxofemoral joint

Correct anatomical term for shoulder joint

Scapulohumeral joint

Correct anatomical term for hock joint

Tarsal joint

Correct anatomical term for fetlock joint (pelvic limb)

Metatarsophalangeal joint (Metacarpophangeal joint for thoracic limb)

Correct anatomical term for pastern joint

Proximal interphalangeal joint

Correct anatomical term for joint between L2 and L3

L2/L3 intervertebral joint

Correct anatomical term for stifle joint

Femorotibial joint

Correct anatomical term for joint between P2 and P3

Distal interphalangeal joint

Correct anatomical term for knee joint (thoracic limb)

Carpal

Correct anatomical term for neck joint (between skull and C1)

Atlantooccipital joint