Health Sciences 2300A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tibialis Anterior Muscle, Tibialis Posterior Muscle, Calcaneofibular Ligament

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2300A/B
• Professor: Jamie Melling

Document Summary

2 types: synarthroses (immovable) - ex. sutures, amphiarthroses (slightly moveable) - ex. ribs to sternum, diarthroses (freely movable, fibrous joints, cartilaginous joints, synovial joints. Made of fibrous material like dense connective tissue (tight - no joint cavity, no hyaline cartilage) Examples: skull, interosseous membranes, gomphosis (teeth), ligaments. Made of hyaline cartilage (not fibrous tissue, no joint cavity) either linking the bones or on the surfaces of the bones with a disc in the middle. Designed to move (most joints in the body) Ex. proximal ulna and radius with annular ligament that allows radius head to pivot (allows pronation and supination) Ex. costal cartilage connects ribs to sternum. Ex. growth plates of bones (epiphyseal line) we have tubercles because hyaline cartilage is mroe malleable and gets pulled, bone is growing. Symphyses: ends of the bones are covered with hyaline cartilage, but bones connected by fibrocartilage disc. Ex. intervertebral discs connect vertebrae bodies, pubic symphysis.