What Role Do Ligaments Play? What do ligaments do? Ligaments connect one bone to another and are the primary bond to stabilize a joint. The knee joint is an example of a location where ligaments provide strong connections. Ligaments allow the knee to bend and twist while ensuring the knee ...
Using the structural classification, what type of joint is a suture? How are cartilaginous joints classified? What kind of ligaments are in fibrous joints? What type of synovial joint is the tarsometatarsal joint? What type of cartilage is used in synovial joints?
Fibrous or ‘synarthrodial’ joints are fixed or immoveable joints. Ligaments hold the bones together. They have no or virtually no movement, for example, teeth in their bony sockets, the radioulnar joint in the elbow, and tibiofibular joints at the knee and ankle. Cartilaginous joints Cartil...
What are the functions of microglia and astrocytes? What are the two functions of an articulation? Describe ball-and-socket joints and give examples of this joint type in the body. With regard to joint motion, explain the function of joints, muscles, and ligaments/joint capsules. Wh...
Injury to the joints, ligaments, or muscles that support the foot arch Supination or underpronation Supination occurs naturally when you lift your heel to step forward. During this phase of your stride, your foot rolls outward slightly as you prepare to push off from your toes. But too muchsu...
The ankle joint is frequently susceptible to injuries during sports injuries and recreational activities. The ankle braces are used with increasing frequency for three main purposes in a variety of pathologies of the ligaments and tendons around the ankl
Patella dislocationoccurs due to a sideways force on the knee cap, which breaks the restricting ligaments of patella and displace it sideways. The reflex forceful contraction of the quadriceps muscle locks it in this position and prevents it from coming back to its normal position. This is a hi...
Hinge joints, such as the elbow and knee, limit movement in only one direction so that the angle between bones can increase or decrease at the joint. The limited motion at hinge joints provides for more strength and reinforcement from the bones, muscles, and ligaments that make up the joint...
Describe plane (gliding) joints and give examples of this joint type in the body. List the seven ligaments of the knee and describe how each supports the joint. Contrast the different types of synovial joints. Give an example of each. ...
What type of synovial joint is the skull? What kind of synovial joint is the ankle? What kind of ligaments are in fibrous joints? What type of synovial joint is the thumb? What are the types of joints in the skeletal system? Which synovial joints are non-axial? What bones are connected...