-joined by fibrous connective tissue (ligaments) Joints Fibrous Joints -joined by fibrous connective tissue (ligaments) -no movement -skull, teeth, distal tibiofibular
Cartilaginous Joints -joined by cartilage -slight movement -pelvis, ribcage, vertebrae
Rx-Herniated (“Slipped”) Disc
-joined by a fluid-filled cavity (synovium) -freely movable Synovial Joints -joined by a fluid-filled cavity (synovium) -freely movable -ball-and-socket (hip, shoulder) -condyloid, (metacarpophalangeal) -gliding (intercarpal/intertarsal)
-joined by a fluid-filled cavity (synovium) -freely movable -hinge Synovial Joints -joined by a fluid-filled cavity (synovium) -freely movable -hinge (humerulnar/tibiofemoral, interphalangeal) -pivot (radioulnar, axioatlar) -saddle (1st metacarpotrapezial)
Hyperextension Extension Flexion Dorsiflexion Extension Plantar flexion Flexion Adduction Abduction
Supination Pronation Rotation Circumduction
Eversion Protraction Retraction Elevation Depression Inversion
-the tibiofemoral joint (knee) A Model Joint -the tibiofemoral joint (knee) femur synovial membrane patellar tendon suprapatellar bursa patella prepatellar bursa subpatellar fat articular cartilage patellar ligament menisci intrapatellar bursa tibia