Classification of Joints definitions Flashcards

A type of joint where skeletal elements are held closely together, allowing for no movement.

A joint classification allowing for a little or average amount of movement, often found in the axial skeleton.

A joint classification allowing for dynamic and free movement, typically found in the appendicular skeleton.

Joints bound by collagen fibers, providing stability but limited mobility.

Joints bound by cartilage, offering stability with limited mobility.

Joints with a synovial cavity, allowing for dynamic movement.

Fibers providing strength to fibrous joints, contributing to their stability.

A type of tissue with irregular fiber arrangement, used in fibrous joints.

A type of cartilage that can bind bones in cartilaginous joints.

A type of cartilage found in cartilaginous joints, providing stability.

A space within synovial joints that allows for movement.

A structure surrounding synovial joints, made of dense irregular connective tissue.

Immovable joints in the skull, classified as synarthroses.

Joints in the spine allowing for limited movement, classified as amphiarthroses.

An example of a synovial joint, allowing for a wide range of movement.