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ARTICULATIONS
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ï‚— Also known as joints
ï‚—   Created between:
             bones
             bone and cartilage
             bones and teeth
3 MAIN STRUCTURAL CATEGORIES
ï‚—             FIBROUS JOINTS

ï‚—          CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS

ï‚—            SYNOVIAL JOINTS
FUNCTIONALLY 3 CATEGORIES

ï‚—            SYNARTHROSIS
ï‚—              (immobile)

ï‚—           AMPHIARTHROSIS
ï‚—            (slightly movable)

ï‚—             DIARTHROSIS
ï‚—             (freely movable)
FIBROUS JOINTS
ï‚—         GOMPHOSIS (tooth to jaw)

ï‚—          SUTURE (cranial sutures)

ï‚—   SYNDESMOSIS (between radius and ulna)
Cartilaginous joints

ï‚—   SYNCHONDROSIS (epiphyseal/growth plates)



ï‚—         SYMPHYSIS (pubic symphysis)
SYNOVIAL
ï‚—               UNIAXIAL
ï‚—       (one plane, i.e elbow joints)

ï‚—                 BIAXIAL
ï‚—          (two planes, MP joints)

ï‚—               MULTIAXIAL
ï‚—   ( multiple planes, glenohumeral joint)

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BURSA
ï‚— contains synovial fluid/ helps lessen friction at a joint




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JOINTS
ï‚—
ï‚— PIVOT JOINT




ï‚— BALL AND SOCKET JOINT




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ï‚—            HINGE JOINT




ï‚—
ï‚—   GLIDING JOINT




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ï‚—   SADDLE JOINT




ï‚—                  CONDYLOID JOINT




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ANGULAR MOTION
         movement at synovial joints
ï‚— abduction



ï‚—                      adduction



ï‚—     flexion



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ï‚— extension




ï‚—             hyperextension




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ï‚—   circumduction



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SPECIAL MOVEMENTS
ï‚— DEPRESSION



ï‚— ELEVATION



ï‚— DORSIFLEXION




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ï‚— PLANTAR FLEXION



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ï‚— EVERSION



ï‚—                   INVERSION

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ï‚—        PRONATION




ï‚—   SUPINATION



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ï‚— RETRACTION




ï‚—   PROTRACTION




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