Skeletal system: Set 2

Articulations

joints, hold bones together and give mobility

Bursa

contain synovial fluid and act as cushion between bones and tendons

Foramen

an opening in bone for a vessel or nerve

Synchondrosis

hyaline cartilage joints with little to no movement, temporary

Suture

connective tissue fibers connect the skull

amphiarthrosis

(amphibious = both) slightly moveable joints

cartilaginous joints

bone ends are connected by cartilage, slightly mobile

gomphoses

specialied pegs and sockets (teeth) (gomp = chomp)

syndesmosis

slightly moveable fibrous joints formed by ligaments

appendicular skeleton

bones of limbs and girdles (appen = appendages)

diarthrosis

Freely moving joints

processes

(projection) grow out of bone

synovial joint

bones separated by a cavity of fluid

axial skeleton

form the long axis of the body

fibrous joints

bound together by connective tissue

synarthrosis

(syn = wthout) immoveable joints

symphysis

fibrocartilage joins two bones such as intervertebral discs