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At Butler University, Indiana, USA

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Muscular/Skeletal Systems + Joints






This is a model of the muscular system: Posterior View

























Anterior View

























This is a model of the human skeletal system from an anterior view.






















The 3 main classifications for joints in the body are: Fibrous, Cartilagenous and Synovial.

Fibrous-Immoveable joints

Cartilagenous- Partially moveable

Synovial- Freely Moveable


These are the different types of synovial joints in the human body.


Hinge Joint: Flexion/Extension, eg. Elbow

Pivot Joint: Rotation of one bone around another, Eg Neck

Ball + Socket Joint: Allows full rotation eg. Shoulder

Gliding Joint: Gliding movements eg. intercarpels Condyloid Joint: Two bones fit together with an odd shape, one bone is a concave and the other convex. Eg. Wrist

Saddle Joint: Allows same movement as condyloid joints














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