Joints

What is a joint?

• Where two or more bones meet

• A bend in a area of the skeleton

• Where the muscle is attached to the bone

Hinge joints can be found

• Elbows and knees

• Pelvis

• Ankles and wrist

Which type of joint works like a door

• Pivot joint

• Gliding joint

• Hinge joint

• Ball and socket joint

Which joint allows the most movement

• Hinge joint

• Pivot joint

• Ball and socket joint

What are three different types of joints

• Freely Movable, slightly Movable and immovable joint

• Freely Movable, pro Movable and immovable joint

• Pro Movable, slightly Movable and freely Movable

Where can you find a ball and socket joint in your body

• Where your pelvis meets your femur

• Where your ulna meets your radius

• Where your clavicle meets your scapula

immovable joints can be found at

• Spine

• Skull

• Fingers and toes

Two ways in which the joint can be injured is

• Impact and professional

• Wear / tear and swelling

• Impact and wear/ tear

Pivot joints can be found between

• Neck and vertebrae

• Neck and shoulder bone

• Vertebrae and shoulder bone

Plane joints can be found

• At the cranium

• Between tarsal bones

• At the hip bone