Unit Five - Joint and Movement Vocabulary

Synovial joint formed between the flattened articulating surfaces of adjacent bones; functionally classified as a multiaxial joint.

• Plane Joint
• Hinge Joint
• Adduction
• Symphysis

Movement in the sagittal plane that decreases the angle of a joint (bends the joint); motion involving anterior bending of the vertebral column.

• Ball-and-Socket Joint

• Flexion

• Pronation
• Joint

Joint of the body.

• Articulation
• Symphysis
• Hyperextension
• Diarthrosis

Movement of the arm at the shoulder joint or the thigh at the hip joint that moves the anterior surface of the limb away from the midline of the body.

• Synovial Joint

• Extension
• Lateral Rotation

• Pronation

Synovial joint formed between the spherical end of one bone (the ball) that fits into the depression of a second bone (the socket); found at the hip and shoulder joints; functionally classified as a multiaxial joint.

• Synarthrosis

• Ball-and-Socket Joint

• Hyperflexion
• Dorsiflexion

Joint at which the bones are united by hyaline cartilage (synchondrosis) or fibrocartilage (symphysis).

• Joint

• Syndesmosis
• Cartilaginous Joint

• Eversion

Synovial joint in which the shallow depression at the end of one bone receives a rounded end from a second bone or a rounded structure formed by two bones; found at the metacarpophalangeal joints of the fingers or the radiocarpal joint of the wrist; functionally classified as a biaxial joint.

• Synovial Joint

• Condyloid Joint

• Lateral Flexion
• Fibrous Joint

Downward (inferior) motion of the scapula or mandible.

• Depression
• Synovial Membrane
• Lateral Rotation
• Flexion

Freely mobile joint.

• Ligament

• Tendon
• Diarthrosis

• Fontanelles

Movement at the ankle that brings the top of the foot toward the anterior leg.

• Dorsiflexion
• Uniaxial Joint
• Medial Rotation
• Gomphosis