Joints: Descriptions
Across
1. Flattened sacs that contain synovial fluid
6. Joints The rounded end of one bone fits into the sleeve of bone or ligaments of another joint
10. Functions as a lubricant
11. Peg-in-socket joints
13. Joints made of flat articular surfaces that only allow gliding motion
17. Hyaline cartilage unites the bones at the junction
Down
2. Potential space that contains synovial fluid
3. Joints where the spherical head of bone articulates into a cup like surface of another.
4. Joints where the oval surface of one bone fits into the depression of another
5. Seams between the bones of the skull
7. A bursa that wraps around a tendon that is subject to friction
8. Joints where the articulating surface has both concave and convex surfaces
9. Joints that only allow extension and flexion
10. Articulating bones are separated by a fluid-containing joint cavity.
12. Discs of fibrocartilage that divide the joints into 2 compartments
14. Bone ends united by collagenic fibers
15. Covers opposing bone surfaces.
16. A ligament connects the bones
17. Cartilage fuses into a pad of fibrocartilage that is compressible