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•Held together with dense connective tissue containing many collagen fibers
•Found in bones in close contact
fibrous joints
3 types of fibrous joints:
•Syndesmosis
•Suture
•Gomphosis
•Bones bound by a sheet of dense connective tissue (interosseous membrane)
or a bundle of dense connective tissue (interosseous ligament)
syndesmosis
,•Thin layer of connective tissue (sutural ligament) connects bones
suture
Cone-shaped bony process in a socket
gomphosis
2 types of cartilaginous joints
•Synchondrosis
•Symphysis
Bands of hyaline cartilage unite bones
synchondrosis
•Joint between bodies of adjacent vertebrae (intervertebral discs)
Symphysis; Amphiarthrotic
•All are diarthrotic joints
,Synovial Joints
•Hip, shoulder
ball and socket
•Oval condyle fits into elliptical cavity
•Joints between metacarpals and phalanges
condylar
•Almost flat, or slightly curved
Wrist and ankle joints
plane joints
•Convex surface fits into concave surface of other bone
•Elbow, joints between phalanges
hinge joint
•Atlas- first vertebrae (C1) and dens of axis- second (C2)
, •Cylindrical surface rotates within ring of other bone
pivot joints
•Both bones have concave and convex surfaces
•Carpal and metacarpal of thumb
saddle joints
Relatively fixed end of a skeletal muscle
origin
More movable end of a skeletal muscle
insertion
•Bending of parts at a joint
flexion
Straightening of parts at a joint
extension