HP 2306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Weight-Bearing, Temporomandibular Joint, Ulna

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Unit 1 chapter 6 : joint action terminology. Primary function of a joint is to allow movement. Ligaments and joint capsules function to limit excessive movement at a joint. The following general rules can be stated : Joints function absorb shock, which is especially important for weight-bearing joints. Joint absorbs shock primarily by the cushioning effect of the fluid within the joint cavity: stability, primary function of a joint is to allow motion to occur, but excessive motion would create an unstable joint. Nonaxial motion is motion of a body part that does not occur around an axis. Involves a gliding motion (sliding motion) because the bone that moves is said to glide or slide along the other bone of the joint. Also known as linear movement of a body part because every point on the body part moves in the same linear path, the exact same amount as every other point on the body part.

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