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Joints
BONES AND JOINTS TEST!
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Anatomy
11th Grade
11/05/2011

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Term
Tendons?
Definition
Connect muscle to bone
Term
Long bone development?
Definition
endochondral
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Ligaments?
Definition
Connects bone to bone
Term
What bone does the bicep attach to?
Definition
Ulna
Term
What bone does the tricep attach to?
Definition
Radius
Term
Articular cartilage? 
Definition
Reduces friction between bones
Term
3 types of joints? 
Definition
Fibrous, Cartilageneous, and Synovial
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Planar Joints
Definition
Flat joints: Are found in the tarsals, carpals, and between the clavicle and manibrium. 
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Hinge Joints
Definition
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Where can you find hinge joints?
Definition
knee, elbow, ankle, intraphalangeal joints. 
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Pivot Joints?
Definition
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Where are pivot joints found?
Definition
In the head and in the in the wrists
Term
Condyloid/Ellipsoidal Joints? 
Definition
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Where are condyloid/ellipsoidal joints found?
Definition
the wrist and some phalanges
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Saddle joints?
Definition
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Where are saddle joints found?
Definition
In parts of the carpals. 
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Ball and socket Joints? 
Definition
One bone is ball like while the other has an inner curved body so that the bones fit into each other: found in the shoulder and the hip.
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Gliding movement?
Definition
Movement from side to side
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Abduction movement?
Definition
movements that go away from the body. 
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Adduction movement?
Definition
Movement that comes towards the body. 
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