The active form of vitamin D

Occurs when uric acid or calcium salts form within synovial fluid or due to metabolic disorders

Damaged articular cartilages of synovial joints

When calcium levels are low, what is released?

If a patient is diagnosed with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis they have have damage to what?

The two parts of the joint capsule

True or False: All joints have movement

Weakest type of joint

Acts like a sponge as it pertains to the joint

Joint with full range of motion

Name the structural class of a suture

Extracapsular ligaments

Name the structural class of a gomphosis

Name the structural class of a synchondrosis

Name the structural class of a synostosis

The two functional classes of amphiarthrosis

The structural class of syndemosis

The structural class of symphysis

Intracapsular ligaments

The structural class of diarthrosis

Type of synarthrosis that binds teeth to the socket

Type of synarthrosis found in the sternum and in the epiphyseal plate of long bones

Type of synarthrosis where joints are completely fused together and line where joint fused has disappeared

Structural class of syndesmosis

Structural class of symphysis

Another word for dislocation

The most abundant mineral in the body

Articulation found at the ends of long bones

Surrounds the joint

This reduces the friction between the joints

Thin, fluid filled pocket in connective tissue that contains synovial fluid and is found in areas where there is repetitive friction or repetitive movement.

Fibrocartilage pad between bones in knee

Inflammatory condition involving the immune system

When calcium levels are too high, what is released?