1. Articulations aka “Joints”

2. Articulations Joints: Where two bones meet
Three types of Joints “functional Classification”
Synarthrosis: “Immovable Joints”
Bones in your skull
Amphiarthrosis: “Slightly Moveable Joints”
Bones that make up your spinal column
Diarthrosis: “Freely Movable Joints”
Knees, wrist, shoulder, etc

3. Types of Joints

4. Structural Classification of Joints
Fibrous Joints: Contains fibrous tissue “little or no movement”
Fontanels or sutures in newborns skull
Cartilaginous Joints: Unite two bones with cartilage
Between long bones (epiphyseal plates)
Synovial Joints: Free moving joints that contain synovial fluid (all joints have some type of fluid)
Knee, elbow, etc.

5. Fibrous Joints
Synovial Joints
Cartilaginous Joints

6. Joint Movement

7. Skeletal Movement