Articulations and body movements

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_____________ IS A MOVEMENT OF A LIMB AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OR MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY

Abduction

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_____________ IS MOVEMENT OF A LIMB TOWARDS THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY

Adduction

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_____________ ARE FIBROUS BANDS THAT FORM BETWEEN THE SURFACES WHERE BONES MEET

Adhesions

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______________ ARE SLIGHTLY MOVEABLE JOINTS

Amphiarthroses

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GIVE TWO CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYNOVIAL JOINT

Contains synovial membrane fluid, separated by cavity or joint, articulates bone ends, freely movable, formed by 2 articulating bones

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AN ____________ IS A JOINT, A PLACE WHERE TWO BONES MEET

Articulation

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT

Femur to hip, humerus to acromial

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____________ IS LITERALLY "WATER ON THE KNEE". DUE TO HARD BLOW TO THE KNEE/ DAMAGE/ INFLAMMATION OF BURSAE

bursitis

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______________ JOINTS ARE HELD TOGETHER BY A PLATE OR PAD OF CARTILAGE

Cartilaginous joint

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_____________ IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE DISTAL END OF A BONE IN A CIRCLE, TRACING A CONE WHILE THE PROXIMAL END REMAINS STATIONARY

Circumduction

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CONDYLOID JOINT

Metacarpophalangeal joint

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WHEN A MUSCLE HAS A _____________, IT'S FIBERS SHORTEN, THE INSERTION MOVES TOWARDS THE ORIGIN

Contraction

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______________ ARE FREELY MOVEABLE JOINTS

Diarthroses joints

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_______________ IS A MOVEMENT OF ANKLE JOINT IN DORSAL DIRECTION (FOOT POINTS UPWARD)

Dorsiflexion

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A _____________ IS THE FORCING OF A BONE FROM IT'S NORMAL POSITION, USUALLY WITH RESPECT TO AN ARTICULATION POINT / SYNOVIAL JOINT

Dislocation

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____________ IS A LATERAL TURNING OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT

Eversion

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_____________ IS A MOVEMENT THAT INCREASES THE ANGLE OF THE JOINT, AND INCREASES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO BONES

Extension

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SYNDESMOSIS

tibiofibular joint, Fibrous connective tissue connecting the distal ends of the tibia and the fibula,

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____________ JOINTS ARE JOINTS THAT ARE HELD TOGETHER BY FIBROUS TISSUE, MOSTLY SYNARTHROTIC

fibrous

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_____________ IS A MOVEMENT THAT DECREASES THE ANGLE OF THE JOINT REDUCING THE DISTANC BETWEEN TWO BONES

Flexion

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A HINGE JOINT

Elbow, knee

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_____________ IS AN EXTENSION GREATER THEN 180 DEGRESS

Hyperextension

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EVERY MUSCLE IS ATTACHED TO BONE OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE AT TWO POINTS, THE ORIGIN - THE STATIONARY, IMMOVABLE, OR LESS MOVABLE ATTACHMENT, AND THE - THE MOVABLE ATTACHMENT

Insertion

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_____________ IS A MEDIAL TURNING OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT

Inversion

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SYNCHONDROSIS

Epiphyseal plate, Joint between costal cartilage of 1st rib and the sternum/ epiphyseal plate seen in long bones of growing children

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EVERY MUSCLE IS ATTACHED TO BONE OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE AT TWO POINTS, THE ________________ - THE STATIONARY, IMMOVABLE, OR LESS MOVABLE ATTACHMENT, AND THE INSERTION - THE MOVABLE ATTACHMENT

origin

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PIVOT JOINT

Atlas and axis/ neck, Proximal radioulnar

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PLANE JOINT

Intercarpal and intertarsal joints

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_____________ IS A FLEXING OF THE FOOT DOWNWARDS

Plantar flexion

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____________ IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE PALM FROM THE ANTERIOR/ UPWARD (ANATOMICAL) POSITION TO THE POSTERIOR/ DOWNWARD POSITION, CROSSING THE ULNA AND THE RADIUS

pronation

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SYMPHYSIS

Pubic symphysis, intervertebral joints

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_____________ IS THE MOVEMENT OF A BONE AROUND IT'S LONG AXIS, WITHOUT MEDIAL OR LATERAL DISPLACEMENT

rotation

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SADDLE JOINT

carpometacarpal joint of the thumb

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A ____________ IS THE EXCESSIVE STRETCHING OR TEARING AWAY OF LIGAMENTS REINFORCING A JOINT FROM THEIR BONY ATTACHMENT

sprain

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A ____________ IS ANY EXTRANEOUS BONE GROWTH IN OR ALONG A JOINT'S EDGES

Spur

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_____________ IS A MOVEMENT OF THE PALM FROM A POSTERIOR TO AN ANTERIOR POSITION / MOVES RADIUS AND ULNA INTO PARALLEL POSITION

Supination

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____________ ARE JOINTS WHERE IRREGULAR EDGES OF BONES INTERLOCK AND ARE CONNECTED BY SHORT CONNECTIVE TISSUE FIBERS

Suture joints

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IN __________ JOINTS THE BONES ARE CONNECTED BY A BROAD, FLAT DISC OF FIBROCARTILAGE

Symphyses

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______________ ARE IMMOVABLE JOINTS

synarthrosis

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IN____________ JOINTS THE BONES ARE CONNECTED BY HYALINE CARTILAGE

synchondrosis, cartilaginous

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IN ___________ JOINTS THE ARTICULATING BONES ARE CONNECTED BY SHORT LIGAMENTS OF DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE, THE BONES DO NOT INTERLOCK

Syndesmosis

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______________ JOINTS IN WHICH THE ARTICULATING BONE ENDS ARE SEPARATED BY A JOINT CAVITY FILLED WITH SYNOVIAL FLUID

Synovial

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GIVE AN A EXAMPLE OF A SUTURE JOINT

The joints holding the bones of the skull

(coronal, sagittal, squamous)

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A GOMPHOSIS

teeth, The teeth held in the mandible by periodontal ligaments

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GIVE ONE FUNCTION OF AN ARTICULATION

hold bones together/ allow for flexibility of the skeleton to allow body movement