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Joints of the Human Body

Joint Classification Synovial Joints Characteristics of synovial joint Types of synovial joints. Joints of the Human Body. Naming Joints: Pectoral Girdle Upper Limb Pelvic Girdle Lower Limb. Joint is a point of connection between two bones

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Joints of the Human Body

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  1. Joint Classification Synovial Joints Characteristics of synovial joint Types of synovial joints Joints of the Human Body • Naming Joints: • Pectoral Girdle • Upper Limb • Pelvic Girdle • Lower Limb

  2. Joint is a point of connection between two bones • Strands of connective tissue, ligaments, hold the bones together and ensure the stability of joints

  3. Joint Classification • Joints are classified according to their motion capabilities: • Synarthroses • Immovable • Amphiarthroses • Slightly movable • Diarthroses • Allow the greatest amount of motion

  4. Joint Classification Cont’d • Joints are further classified by the material that joints them: • Fibrous joint • Allow no movement • E.g. sutures of the scull • Cartilaginous joints • Allow limited movement • E.g. intervertebral discs • Synovial joints • Allow large range of movements • E.g. hip joint

  5. Characteristics of Synovial Joints • Hyaline cartilage • A protective layer of dense white connective tissue that covers the ends of the articulating bones • Joint cavity • Synovial membrane • Covers joint cavity, except over the surfaces of the articular cartilages • Secretes the lubrication fluid • Synovial fluid • Lubricates the joint • Capsule • May or may not have thickenings called intrinsic ligaments • Extrinsic ligaments • Support the joint and connect the articulating bones of the joint

  6. Types of Synovial Joints • There are three basic types of synovial joints: • unilateral (rotation only about one axis) • biaxial joints (movement about two perpendicular axes) • multiaxial joints (movement about all three perpendicular axes)

  7. Types of Synovial Joints Cont’d • Synovial are further classified into: 1. Hinge Joint 2. Pivot Joint 3. Condyloid Joint 4. Saddle-shaped joint 5. Ball and Socket Joint 6. Plane Joint

  8. 1. Hinge (Ginglymus) Joint • Uniaxial • Has one articulating surface that is convex, and another that is concave • E.g. humero-ulnar elbow joint, interphalangeal joint

  9. Pivot Joint • Uniaxial • E.g. head of radius rotating against ulna

  10. Condyloid (Knuckle) Joint • Biaxial (flexion-extension, abduction-adduction) • The joint surfaces are usually oval • One joint surface is an ovular convex shape, and the other is a reciprocally shaped concave surface • E.g. metacarpophalangeal joint

  11. Saddle Joint • Biaxial (flexion-extension, abduction-adduction) • The bones set together as in sitting on a horse • E.g. carpometacarpal joint of the thumb

  12. Ball and Socket Joint • Multiaxial (rotation in all planes) • A rounded bone is fitted into a cup=like receptacle • E.g. shoulder and hip joints

  13. Plane (Gliding) Joint • Uniaxial (permits gliding movements) • The bone surfaces involved are nearly flat • E.g. intercarpal joints and acromioclavicular joint of the vertebrae

  14. Joints of the Pectoral Girdle

  15. Sternoclavicular Joint • Connects the sternum to the clavicle • the only joint connecting the pectoral girdle to the axial skeleton • true synovial joint strengthened by an intracapsular disc and extrinsic ligaments

  16. Acromioclavicular Joint • unites the lateral end of the clavicle with the acromion process of the scapula • where shoulder separations often occur in sports such as hockey, baseball, and football

  17. Glenohumeral Joint • Connects the upper limb and the scapula • A typical multiaxial joint • has a wide range of movement at this joint • compromise = relative lack of stability

  18. Upper Limb Joints

  19. Elbow Joint • There are three joints at the elbow: • humero-ulnar joint • medial (with respect to anatomical position) • between the trochlea of the humerus and the olecranon process of the ulna • humero-radial joint • lateral • between the capitulum of the humerus and the head of the radius • radio-ulnar joint • between the radius and the ulna

  20. Humero-Ulnar Joint Humero-Radial Joint Radio-Ulnar Joint Elbow Joint Cont’d Humerus Radius Ulna

  21. Joints of the Pelvic Girdle

  22. Hip Joint - Between the head of the femur and the cup (acetabulum) of the hip bone (os coxae) • Like shoulder joint, hip joint is: • ball and socket joint • multiaxial joint that allows flexion-extension, abduction-adduction and circumduction

  23. Illium

  24. Hip Joint Cont’d • unlike shoulder joint, hip joint is very stable • in fact it is the body’s most stable synovial joint due to: • deepened socked (via lip or fibrocartilaginous labrum ) • an intrinsic and very strong extrinsic ligaments • dislocation in sports is not common, but can occur in car collisions • dislocate the head posteriorly or drive it through the posterior lip of the actetabulum

  25. Lower Limb Joints

  26. Knee Joint • Tibiofemoral or knee joint • incredible range of movement (flexion –extension)

  27. Knee Joint Cont’d • however, the knee joint is relatively stable due to additional structural supports from: • menisci • shock-absorbing fibrocartilaginous discs • anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments • in the centre of the joint • lateral and medial collateral ligaments • extending from the sides of the femur to the tibia and fibula • the musculature that surrounds it

  28. Knee Joint Cont’d • movements: • primary action is flexion-extension (e.g. squat or jump) • when flexed, medial and lateral rotation can also occur

  29. Lateral malleolus Medial malleolus Talus Calcaneus Ankle Joint • talocrural or ankle joint • involves several bones: • medial and lateral malleoli of the tibia and fibula • head of the talus • calcaneus (heel bone)

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