Joints

Match the following

• Most common in the body and allow movement

• Synovial Joints

• Made up of fused joints that protect the brain and allow no movement

• Fibrous Joints

• Joints out of cartilage that allow little movement

• Cartilanginous Joints

What definition best describes the Pivot joint?

• One bone going through another.

• A ball fitting into a socket.

• Hinge like a door.

What definition best describes the Hinge joint?

• Hinge like a door.

• A ball fitting into a socket.

• One bone going through another.

• Fixed Joint without any movement

What definition best describes the Ball and Socket joint?

• One bone going through another.

• A ball fitting into a socket.

• Hinge like a door.

• Fixed joint without any movement

Select all the movements that can be made from a hinge joint.

• Flexion

  Extension

• Open and Close

• Abduction

• Adduction

There is a ball and socket joint connected to the hip, femur, and pelvis.

• True

• False

Select all of the movements that are allowed from a ball and socket joint.

• Circumduction - Rotation

• Flexion - Extension

• Adduction - Abduction

• Side to side

Select the movements that are allowed from a pivot Joint.

• Turning Head

• Flexion

• Rotation

• Extension

What type of Joint is this?

• Pivot

• Hinge

• Ball and socket

• None of the above

What type of Joint is this?

• Hinge

• Ball and socket

• Pivot

• None of the above