Understanding Joints and Movements

How many functions of the skeleton are there?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

What type of bone is used for protection?

• Short bones

• Flat bones

• Irregular Bones

• Long Bones

What bones are used to generate movement?

• Short Bones

• Flat Bones

• Irregular Bones

• Long Bones

What bones are associated with weight-bearing, shock absorption and spreading loads

• Short Bones

• Flat Bones

• Irregular Bones

• Long Bones

What bones allow your head to nod and rotate?

• Short Bones

• Flat Bones

• Irregular Bones

• Long Bones

What bones are located in your arms

• Metatarsels

• Clavicle

• Humerus

• Ulna

• Radius

Select all the types of joints for Edexcel GCSE PE

• Hinge joint

• Condyloid joint

• Synovial joint

• Ball & Socket joint

• Fibrous joint

What is the definition of a joint?

• Joints can be found in the elbow and knee

• A joint allows movement to occur

• A joint is what allows flexion and extension to occur

• A joint is a place where two or more bones meet

Hinge joints is a joint that only allow two types of movement to occur

• True

• False

Movement possibilities of ball & socket joints:

• Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction and rotation

• Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction

• Rotation only

• None of the above