Joints Quiz

A hinge joint allows

• A wide range of movements

• Circumduction

• Rotation

• Movement in only one direction (ie. backwards & forwards)

The joints that allow the most movement are called

• Fixed

• Fibrous

• Cartilaginous

• Synovial

When kicking a football the knee

• Flexes

• Extends

• Abducts

• Adducts

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Circumduction
• Lateral Rotation
• Medial Rotation
• Eversion

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Inversion
• Eversion
• Plantarflexion
• Dorsiflexion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint

• ball and socket
• condyloid
• gliding
• hinge

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

• condyloid
• gliding
• pivot
• saddle