ANTHRO 129Q Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hyperostosis, Ankle, Intervertebral Disc
20 Mar 2017
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Work-related stress: more joint disease, more activities. Cartilagenous joints (cartilage) one kind of pathology osteophytosis. Synovial joints (synovium) movable joints osteoarthritis. Joints with little or no movement cartilagenous joints. Joints are absorbing stress at least twice of your body weight, if you are running, that could be as much as 10 times. In order to absorb the stress in movement, the tissues in our joints particularly cartilage, have no blood supply, no nerves so they can"t bleed and feel pain. Between sternum and ribs, roots of the teeth. Finger and toes and limb bones etc. The end of all bones are covered by cartilage. Synovial membrane produces a fluid called synovium acts a lot like an osteoclast cleans out the residue (small piece of bones) of a broken bone to keep the joints clean. Joints in the spine the vertebrae has two kinds of joints.
