Skeletal System: Joint Practice 1

The following is NOT one of the 3 structural joint Classifications..

• Cartilaginous

• diarthosis

• Fibrous

• Synovial

The joints that allow the most movement are called

• Fixed

• Fibrous

• Cartilaginous

• Synovial

An example of a Ball & Socket Joint is found in the

• Neck

• Knee

• Hip

• Ankle

A hinge joint allows

• A wide range of movements

• movement in two planes

• Rotation

• Movement in only one plane (ie. bend and straighten)

An example of a Saddle joint is in the

• Knee

• Hip

• Thumb

• Vertebral column

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

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

• condyloid
• gliding
• hinge
• saddle

The knee joint is

• Hinge
• Gliding
• Ball and socket
• Pivot

Fibrous joints are?

• freely moveable
• partially moveable
• immovable