joints

• suture joints


  immovable

  • skull
• synovial joints 


  freely movable

  • ball and socket (hip or shoulder)
  • hinge (elbow, knee, ankle)
• characteristics of synovial joints 


  1. joint capsule surrounds bone
  2. ligaments band bone together
  3. membrane lies under capsule and lines synovial cavity filled with fluid
  4. meniscus = crescent shape fibrocartilaginous structure that divides a joint cavity
  5. protective cushioning in knee
• bursae

  • closed sac of synovial fluid with membrane located NEAR joint
  • where sliding takes place
• what are the common sites for bursa sacs 


  • between tendons and bones
  • between ligaments and bones
  • between skin and bones (with prominent bony anatomy)
• articular cartilage

  smooth, glistening white tissue that covers the surface of a joint
• articulation


  any type of joint
• bursa


  sac of fluid near a joint
• ligament 


  bone to bone
• meniscus


  crescent shaped fibrocartilaginous structure found in the knee
• suture joint


  immovable joint
• synovial cavity 


  space between bones at a synovial joint
• synovial fluid


  viscous fluid within the synovial cavity
• synovial joint


  freely movable joint
• synovial membrane 


  tissue lining synovial cavity

  • produced synovial fluid
• tendon


  muscle to bone
• CT that connects muscle to bone is a ___

  tendon
• ankyl/o

  stiff
• arthr/o

  joint
• articul/o

  joint
• burs/o

  bursa
• chondr/o

  cartilage
• ligament/o

  ligament
• rheumat/o

  watery flow
• synov/o

  synovial membrane
• ten/o

  tendon
• tendin/o

  tendon
• -desis

  to bind or tie together
• -stenosis

  narrowing