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Joints

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Joints

  1. Classification

    • Fibrous
      • Types
        • SUTURES
          • Bones of skull
          • Immovable except in newborns
          • Bones not straight
            • Interlock well - can't separate
              • Can ossify
        • GOMPHOSES
          • Tooth in socket "dentoalveolar:"
        • SYNDEMOSES
          • Membrane connects 2 bones
          • Interrosseous membrane
            • Forearm
            • Leg
      • No lateral movement
    • Cartilaginous
      • Features
        • Little movement
        • Protection
      • Types
        • PRIMARY "synchrodrosis"
          • Costal cartilages
          • Bone - Cartilage - Bone
        • SECONDARY "symphysis"
          • Bone - cartilage - fibrocartilage - cartilage - bone
            • Fibrocartilage
              • Acts as shock absorber
          • Intervertebral disks
          • Pubic symphysis
    • Synovial
      • Features
        • Specialisations
          • Menisci
          • Capsular ligaments
            • Thickenings on fibrous capsule
          • Bursae
            • Double synovial membrane
            • Where tendons or ligaments rub against bone
              • Reduces friction
          • Fat pads
            • Protect articular cartilage
          • Interarticular discs
            • Disperses pressure
          • Accessory ligament
            • Outside capsule
            • Stability
        • Articular cartilage
        • Joint Capsule
          • Surrounds joint
          • Provides strength in 2 layers
            • Outer fibrous capsule
              • Reinforced by cartilaginous ligaments
            • Inner synovial membrane
              • Lines synovial cavity
                • Produces synovial fluid
                  • Formed from blood vessels
                  • Serum secreted by synovial cells
                  • Lubrication for bone surfaces
                    • Allows movement
      • Types
      • Movement
        • Limitations
          • Physical
          • Ligaments
          • Muscle tension
        • Positions
          • Close-packed position
          • Loose-packed position

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Mind Map on Joints, created by Tram Tran on 24/07/2014.
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