Skeletal Articulations

Carpals and tarsals (flat bones) are examples of this type of joint

• condyloid
• gliding
• hinge
• saddle

This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrae to rotate as in shaking your head no

• condyloid

• gliding

• pivot

• saddle

What are articulations?

• A place where one bone meets

• A place where two bones meet

• Bones don't meet

• A place where three bones meet

Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint

• ball and socket
• condyloid
• hinge
• gliding

The knee joint is

• Hinge
• Gliding
• Ball and socket
• Pivot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Which bones are limited in rotation and are a good example of a pivot joint?

• The hip and shoulder

• The sternum and clavicle

• The radius and ulna

• The elbow and knee

What hinge joint do you use when you throw a ball?

• knee
• shoulder
• elbow
• toes

Which joints in the human skeleton work in a similar way?

• hips and backbone
• elbows and shoulders
• toes and shoulders
• ankles and wrists

The phalanx bones meet at ______ joints

• saddle

• condyloid

• ball and socket

• fibrous

The humerus meets the radius and ulna and forms a _____ joint

• hinge

• condyloid

• gliding

• fibrous