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MOVEMENT OF JOINTS
Dr. B.O IBITOYE
14/2/2023
Introduction
• Arthrology: Study of joints
• Synonyms: Articulation (Latin)
Arthron (Greek)
• Joint: a junction between two or more bones
or cartilages.
• A device to permit movements
Classification of joints
Joints are classified according to structure and function-
(A) Functional (based on degree of mobility):
1.Synarthroses: immovable joints (cranial sutures in
adults, primary cartilaginous joints in
growing children).
2.Amphiarthroses: slightly movable joints (joints
between adjacent laminae of vertebrae).
3.Diarthroses: freely movable joints (synovial joints).
Functional classification (cont….)
Synarthroses Amphiarthroses Diarthroses
(B) Structural classification
Based on type of connecting tissue and presence or absence of
joint cavity:
1. Fibrous: composed of intervening fibrous tissue with no joint
cavity. Immovable or slightly movable.
2. Cartilaginous: articulating bones are united by cartilage
(hyaline or fibrocartilage) with no joint cavity.
3. Synovial: articulating bones are separated by a fluid-filled joint
cavity.
Structural classification (cont….)
Fibrous Cartilaginous Synovial
Fibrous joints
1. Sutures: articular surfaces are connected by a thin layer of
connective tissue. They are confined to the skull and are
immovable.
2. Syndesmoses: bones are connected by a considerably greater
amount of connective tissue than in sutures in the form of
interosseous ligaments and membranes. Slight movement is
permitted e.g. interosseous tibiofibular joints, interroseous
radioulnar joints.
3. Gomphoses (peg and socket joint): articulation of teeth in
alveolar sockets of mandible and maxilla by periodontal
ligament.
Fibrous joints (cont….)
Sutures Syndesmoses Gomphoses
Sutures
• Plane
• Serrate
• Denticulate
• Squamous
• Schindylesis
Cartilaginous joints
1.Primary (Synchondroses)
2.Secondary (Symphyses)
Synovial joints
• Most evolved and freely movable joints
• Have a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid
• Often termed as diarthrodial joints
• Components:
1. Fibrous capsule
2. Synovial membrane
3. Ligaments
4. Articular cartilage
5. Articular disc or meniscus
6. Bursae
7. Fat pads (Haversian glands)
Classification of Synovial joints
(A) According to shape of articular surfaces:
1. Plane
2. Hinge
3. Pivot
4. Condylar
5. Ellipsoid
6. Saddle
7. Ball and socket
Plane joints
• Articular surfaces are
nearly flat.
• Allow gliding
movements.
• e.g. intercarpal and
intertarsal joints.
Hinge joints (Ginglymus)
• Articular surfaces are
pulley shaped.
• Movements are
permitted only in one
plane (transverse
axis).
• Most common
joints.
• e.g. elbow, knee,
ankle and
interphalangeal joints.
Pivot joints (Trochoid joints)
• Rounded end of one bone
fits into
the concavity of another
bone.
• The rounded
part is surrounded by a
ligament.
• Limited rotation
around a central axis.
• e.g. superior radio-ulnar
and median atlanto-axial
joints.
Condylar joints
• Round articular surface
of one bone fits into a
socket-type articular
surface of another bone.
• Permit movements in
two directions.
• e.g. knee and temporo-
mandibular joints.
Ellipsoid joints
• Elliptical convex surface of
one bone articulates with
elliptical concave surface
of another.
• Permit movements in two
directions.
• Combination of
movements cause
circumduction.
• e.g. wrist and atlanto-
occipital joints.
Saddle (sellar) joints
• Articular surfaces are
reciprocally saddle
shaped i.e. concavo-
convex.
• Allows a
wide range of movement.
• e.g. first
carpo-metacarpal, sterno-
clavicular,
incudo-malleolar joints.
Ball and socket (spheroidal) joints
• Rounded convex surface
of one bone fits into the
cup-like socket of
another bone.
• Permits greatest range
of movements.
• e.g. shoulder, hip and
incudo-stapedial joints.
(B) According to plane of movements
• Uniaxial: Hinge and Pivot
• Biaxial: Condylar, ellipsoid, saddle
• Multiaxial: Ball and socket
Uniaxial Biaxial Multiaxial
(C) According to number of articulating bones
• Simple (2 bones)
• Compound (more than 2 bones)
Movements of synovial joints
1. Gliding (slipping)
2. Angular: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction
3. Rotary (circular): rotation (supination, pronation),
circumduction
Special movements:
1. Inversion: movement of the foot medially
2. Eversion: movement of the foot laterally
3. Protraction: movement of the mandible forward
4. Retraction: movement of the protracted part back
to its starting position
5. Elevation: lifting a body part superiorly
6. Depression: moving the elevated part inferiorly
7. Opposition: touching the thumb to the tips of
other fingers
REFERENCES
1. Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy, Vol.1.
2. Grant’s Method of Anatomy, 11th Edition.
3. Vishram Singh. General Anatomy, 1st Edition.
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MOVEMENT OF Joints-1.ppt

  • 1. MOVEMENT OF JOINTS Dr. B.O IBITOYE 14/2/2023
  • 2. Introduction • Arthrology: Study of joints • Synonyms: Articulation (Latin) Arthron (Greek) • Joint: a junction between two or more bones or cartilages. • A device to permit movements
  • 3. Classification of joints Joints are classified according to structure and function- (A) Functional (based on degree of mobility): 1.Synarthroses: immovable joints (cranial sutures in adults, primary cartilaginous joints in growing children). 2.Amphiarthroses: slightly movable joints (joints between adjacent laminae of vertebrae). 3.Diarthroses: freely movable joints (synovial joints).
  • 5. (B) Structural classification Based on type of connecting tissue and presence or absence of joint cavity: 1. Fibrous: composed of intervening fibrous tissue with no joint cavity. Immovable or slightly movable. 2. Cartilaginous: articulating bones are united by cartilage (hyaline or fibrocartilage) with no joint cavity. 3. Synovial: articulating bones are separated by a fluid-filled joint cavity.
  • 7. Fibrous joints 1. Sutures: articular surfaces are connected by a thin layer of connective tissue. They are confined to the skull and are immovable. 2. Syndesmoses: bones are connected by a considerably greater amount of connective tissue than in sutures in the form of interosseous ligaments and membranes. Slight movement is permitted e.g. interosseous tibiofibular joints, interroseous radioulnar joints. 3. Gomphoses (peg and socket joint): articulation of teeth in alveolar sockets of mandible and maxilla by periodontal ligament.
  • 8. Fibrous joints (cont….) Sutures Syndesmoses Gomphoses
  • 9. Sutures • Plane • Serrate • Denticulate • Squamous • Schindylesis
  • 11. Synovial joints • Most evolved and freely movable joints • Have a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid • Often termed as diarthrodial joints • Components: 1. Fibrous capsule 2. Synovial membrane 3. Ligaments 4. Articular cartilage 5. Articular disc or meniscus 6. Bursae 7. Fat pads (Haversian glands)
  • 12. Classification of Synovial joints (A) According to shape of articular surfaces: 1. Plane 2. Hinge 3. Pivot 4. Condylar 5. Ellipsoid 6. Saddle 7. Ball and socket
  • 13. Plane joints • Articular surfaces are nearly flat. • Allow gliding movements. • e.g. intercarpal and intertarsal joints.
  • 14. Hinge joints (Ginglymus) • Articular surfaces are pulley shaped. • Movements are permitted only in one plane (transverse axis). • Most common joints. • e.g. elbow, knee, ankle and interphalangeal joints.
  • 15. Pivot joints (Trochoid joints) • Rounded end of one bone fits into the concavity of another bone. • The rounded part is surrounded by a ligament. • Limited rotation around a central axis. • e.g. superior radio-ulnar and median atlanto-axial joints.
  • 16. Condylar joints • Round articular surface of one bone fits into a socket-type articular surface of another bone. • Permit movements in two directions. • e.g. knee and temporo- mandibular joints.
  • 17. Ellipsoid joints • Elliptical convex surface of one bone articulates with elliptical concave surface of another. • Permit movements in two directions. • Combination of movements cause circumduction. • e.g. wrist and atlanto- occipital joints.
  • 18. Saddle (sellar) joints • Articular surfaces are reciprocally saddle shaped i.e. concavo- convex. • Allows a wide range of movement. • e.g. first carpo-metacarpal, sterno- clavicular, incudo-malleolar joints.
  • 19. Ball and socket (spheroidal) joints • Rounded convex surface of one bone fits into the cup-like socket of another bone. • Permits greatest range of movements. • e.g. shoulder, hip and incudo-stapedial joints.
  • 20. (B) According to plane of movements • Uniaxial: Hinge and Pivot • Biaxial: Condylar, ellipsoid, saddle • Multiaxial: Ball and socket Uniaxial Biaxial Multiaxial
  • 21. (C) According to number of articulating bones • Simple (2 bones) • Compound (more than 2 bones)
  • 22. Movements of synovial joints 1. Gliding (slipping) 2. Angular: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction 3. Rotary (circular): rotation (supination, pronation), circumduction
  • 23. Special movements: 1. Inversion: movement of the foot medially 2. Eversion: movement of the foot laterally 3. Protraction: movement of the mandible forward 4. Retraction: movement of the protracted part back to its starting position 5. Elevation: lifting a body part superiorly 6. Depression: moving the elevated part inferiorly 7. Opposition: touching the thumb to the tips of other fingers
  • 24. REFERENCES 1. Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy, Vol.1. 2. Grant’s Method of Anatomy, 11th Edition. 3. Vishram Singh. General Anatomy, 1st Edition.