Chapter 8

What is the weakest part of the skeleton?

What is the name of the site where two or more bones meet?

What are the 2 functions of joints?

Which classification of joints focoses on the material binding bones together and whether or not a joint cavity is present?

What are the 3 structural classifications?

What classification is based on the amount of movement allowed by a joint?

What are the three functional classes of joints?

Synarthroses means

Amphiarthroses means

Diarthroses means

In which structural classification are the bones joined by fibrous tissues?

There is no joint cavity in which structural joint?

Most          structural joints are immovable?

What are the 3 types of fibrous structural joints?

What type of fibrous structural joint occurs between the bones of the skull?

Which fibrous structural joint is comprised of interlocking junctions completely filled with connective tissue fibers?

What binds bones together, but allows for growth during childhood?

In middle age, skull bones fuse and are called

In what fibrous structural joint are bones connected by fibrous tissue ligaments?

In syndesmoses, movement varies from          to slightly variable.

Examples of syndesmoses are the connections between

What type of joint has articulating bones that are united by cartilage?

Like Fibrous joints this type of joint also lacks a joint cavity?

What are the 2 types of cartilaginous joints?

In synchondroses, a bar or plate of what kind of cartilage unites the bones?

All synchondroses are ?

Examples of synchondroses are

Those joints in which thh articulating bones are separated by a fluid-containing joint cavity are

Amphiarthrotic joints that are designed for strength and flexibility are

All of these joints are freely movable diarthroses.

All Synovial joints have

Stability in synovial joints is determined by

Shape determines what movements are possible.

Unite bones and prevent excessive or undesirable motion

THe 2 muscle attachments across a joint are:

Attachment to the immovable bone

Attachment to the movable bone

An inflammation of a bursa, usually caused by blow or friction

Inflammation of tendon sheaths typically caused by overuse

What type of arthritis is most common, often called wear-and-tear?

Chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease of unknown cause, with an insidious onset.