The Vertebral Column | Classifications of Synovial Joints | The Shoulder | The Knee | Random |
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Between superior and inferior articular processes of adjacent vertebrae
Where can you find intervertebral articulations?
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Plane joint
Intercarpal joints, Intertarsal joints, and between Vertebral articular surfaces are what type of joint?
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Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Subscapularis
What are the rotator cuff muscles?
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Between the patella and patellar surface (patellofemoral) and between the condyles of of femur and tibia (tibiofemoral)
Where are the articulations of the knee?
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The tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle
Which structure covers the anterior surface of the knee joint?
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Anulus fibrosis
The tough layer that covers each disc and attaches each disc to adjacent bodies.
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Hinge joint
Trochlear notch of ulna fitting into trochlea of humerus is an example of what type of joint?
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Glenohumeral ligaments
Anterior portion of joint capsule is made from?
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ACL - Anterior cruciate ligament
When the knee is extended, the ______ is pulled tight and prevents hyperextension
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Synostoses
When bones have completely fused across the suture line, they become?
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Anterior longitudinal ligament
Which ligament attaches bodies and processes at their anterior surface?
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Pivot joint
The atlantoaxial joint is an example of what type of joint?
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Glenoid labrum
What keeps the humerus head in the glenohumeral joint?
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PCL - Posterior cruciate ligament
The ______ becomes taut when the knee is flexed and prevents hyperflexion of the knee joint
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Tendons
What attaches muscles to bones?
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Ligamentum flavum
What connects Laminae?
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Within your metacarpophalangeal joints; Flexion and extension & Adduction and abduction
Where can you find condylar joint? What are the movements?
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Coracoacromial ligament
Extends across space between coracoid process & acromion of scapula; limits upward movement of humerus from glenoid cavity
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Meniscus
c-shaped cushion between condyles, changes shape to conform w/ articulating surfaces as femur moves
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Nerves that innervate the joint also innervates the muscles that move the joint or the skin that cover the joint
What is Hilton's Law?
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Supraspinous ligament
What ligament interconnects the tips of spinous processes from C7 to the sacrum?
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Carpometacarpal joint of thumb; thumb moves so we can grasp things.
What is an example of a saddle joint? What does it do?
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Tendons
What pulls the humerus into the glenoid cavity?
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The triple injury of TCL, medial meniscus, & ACL; lateral blow to knee, leg is forcibly abducted & laterally rotated.
What is the unhappy triad?
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Intrinsic ligaments
What represents thickenings of the articular capsule?
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