Joint Classifications

This joint allows one bone to move around a central axis

• pivot

• gliding

• ball and socket

• saddle

This joint allows movement in all directions except rotation

• pivot

• condyloid or ellipsoidal

• ball and socket

• pivot

Which joint type has the widest range of motion

• hinge

• pivot

• ball & socket

• gliding

The connection of the ribs to the sternum is an example of which type joint

• fibrous

• cartilaginous

• synovial

• gomphosis

Which type of joint is found between the tibia and the fibula

• sutures

• gomphosis

• cartilaginous

• syndesmosis

The thumb is an example of which type of synovial joint

• hinge

• gliding

• saddle

• ball and socket

The radius and ulna form a _ joint

• pivot

• gliding

• hinge

• ball and socket

The carpal bones in the wrist are examples of which type of synovial joint

• Hinge

• Saddle

• Condyloid/Ellipsoidal

• Gliding

The tibia and femur is an example of which type of joint?

• Pivot

• Hinge

• Saddle

• Gliding

The MCP joints (knuckles) of the hand/fingers is an example of which type of synovial joint?

• condyloid/ellipsoidal

• hinge

• ball and socket

• saddle