Joint movements

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

• condyloid
• gliding
• pivot
• saddle

Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint

• ball and socket
• condyloid
• hinge
• gliding

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

• ball and socket
• condyloid
• gliding
• hinge

Movement away from the mid-line is called _____________.

• abduction
• adduction
• internal rotation
• external rotation

Turning the hand so that the palm is upward or facing anteriorly (in anatomical position).

• supination
• pronation
• flexion
• dorsiflexion

The pivot joints occur in our skeleton at

A) forearm

B) knee

C) neck

D) hip

• a) A and B

• b) B and C

• c) A and C

• d) B and D

The joints that allow the most movement are called

• Fixed

• Fibrous

• Cartilaginous

• Synovial

A hinge joint allows

• A wide range of movements

• Circumduction

• Rotation

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

An example of a saddle joint (allows flexion/extension) and abduction/adduction) is in the

• Knee

• Hip

• Thumb

• Vertebral column

Most joints in the human body are

• cartilaginous

• fibrous

• synovial