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Any point where two bones meet is called a ____ or _____.
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Joint or articulation
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The science of joint structure, function and dysfunction is:
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Arthrology
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The study of musculoskeletal movement is:
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Kinesiology
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Kinesiology is a branch of ______.
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Biomechanics, deals w/a broad variety of movements and mechanicl processes in body
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4 major categories of joints:
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Bony, fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial
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A bony joint is also known as a _____.
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Synostosis
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A bony joint is:
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An immobile joint formed when the gap between two bones ossifies adn they become in effect a single bone
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Give some examples of bony/synostosis joints:
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1st rib and sternum
maxilla bones
epiphyses and diaphysis
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A fibrous joint is also called a ____ or _____ joint.
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Synarthrosis or synarthrodial joint
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A fibrous joint is:
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A point at which adjeacent bones are bound by collagen fibers that emerge from teh matrix of one bone and penetrate the matrix of another
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What are the 3 types of synarthrodial joints?
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Sutures, gomphoses, syndesmoses
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What is a suture?
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Immobile fibrous joints that cloesly bind bones of skull to each other, nowhere else
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What is a gomphoses?
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Attachment of a tooth to its socket
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What is a syndesmoses?
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Two bones are bound by relatively long collagenous fibers
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A cartilaginous joint is also called an ___ or ___ joint.
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Amphiarthrosis or amphiarthrodial joint
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