Friday, 22 March 2013

Veterinary Arthrology (Animal)


              Arthrology



Classification:



Fibrous joints —  Immobile joints, united by fibrous tissue, may ossify with age.


  Three types are recognized:


   1. Suture = Undulating seams between bones of the skull

   2. Gomphosis = Tooth in an alveolus, united by periodontal ligament

   3. Syndesmosis = Bones joined by ligaments, e.g., (radius & ulna) and (tibia & fibula)


        

  Cartilaginous   joints — Immobile joints, united by cartilage, ossify with age.


  Two types are recognized:


   1. Symphysis = Fibrocartilage union, e.g., pelvic symphysis; mandibular symphysis.

   2. Synchondrosis = Hyaline cartilage union, e.g., physis



  Synovial     joints — mobile joints, fibrous tissue enclosing a synovial cavity  Classified on the basis of.


 Number of bones:


    Simple joint = formed by two bones, e.g., shoulder joint

    Compound joint = formed by more than two bones, e.g.,

       elbow joint, carpal joint


 Shape:


    Hinge joint = movement in one plane

    Ball & socket joint = capable of circumduction

    Plane joint = gliding action, e.g., vertebral articular processes



Synovial Joint Structure:



Joint feature


Articular (hyaline) cartilage covers the opposing surfaces of the  bones


Synovial membrane lines a synovial cavity that separates the bones

the membrane secretes synovial fluid into the cavity


Fibrous (collagenous tissue) layer located external to synovial membrane


Mechanically joins the bones, blends with periosteum selectively thickened to form ligaments



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  Additional features found in some synovial joints...

   => Meniscus = fibrocartilage in the synovial cavity, interposed      between the bones.

   

    => Internal ligaments that appear to be within the joint cavity.


    => Fat pads between the fibrous & synovial layers produce   synovial folds that may protrude into the joint cavity.


Types of fibrous joint


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                   (a)  Syndesmosis




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                (b)  Suture




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(c)             Gomphosis


      

Synovial joint


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Stifle joint of dog


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