A&P Lab 4 Appendicular Skeleton

Double-layered connective tissue that covers and nourishes the entire bone except the joint surfaces.

Bones joined by collagen fibers of connective tissue.

Articulating bones are separated by fluid-filled cavities. Most joints are classified this way.

The end of a long bone, attached to the shaft.

Fibrous joint where a junction of bones is held together by ligaments.

Fluid secreted by the synovial membrane; lubricates joint surfaces and nourishes articular cartilages.

Bones are joined by fibrocartilage.

Padlike cartilage in the knee joint.

Joints of hyaline cartilage between the shaft and the epiphyseal plates of growing long bones.

Hyaline cartilage covering bone ends at movable joints.

Bones joined by cartilage.

Functional classification of immovable joints.

Amphiarthroses are a functional classification of slightly movable joints.

Elongated shaft of a long bone.

Fibrous joints found only between bones of the skull.

Diarthroses are a functional classification of freely movable joints, also known as synovial joints.

Plate of hyaline cartilage at the junction of the diaphysis and epiphysis that provides for growth in length of a long bone.

Fibrous joint where a tooth is attached to a socket with the periodontal ligament.

A unique feature of synovial joints that contains a small amount of synovial fluid.