Joints

A knee is an example of a _______ joint

• Ball & Socket

• Saddle

• Hinge

• Pivot

What two joints are being used in this pose?

• Hinge and Hinge

• Saddle and Pivot

• Pivot and Ball & Socket

• Scapula and Saddle

What are ligaments?

• Places where two bones connect

• Connects bone to bone

• Connects muscle to bone

• Protects bones at the joints

What are tendons?

• Place where two bones come together

• Protects bones at the joints

• Connects muscle to bone

• Connects bone to bone

What is cartilage?

• Protects bone at the joints

• Place where two bones connect

• Place where two bones come together

• Connects muscle to bone

What does Synarthrotic mean?

• Non-movable

• Freely movable

• Slightly movable

• Barely movable

What does Diarthrotic mean?

• Freely movable

• Slightly movable

• Barely movable

• Non-movable

What are the structures of joints?

• Articulations, Diarthrotic, Fibrous

• Fibrous, Ampiarthrotic, Plane

• Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial

• Flexion, Extension, Abduction

What are Fibrous joints?

• Immovable/slightly movable, held together by Cartilage

• Immovable/slightly movable, held together by Fibrous Connective Tissue

• Highly movable, contains synovial fluid

• Barely movable, contains tendons

What are Cartilaginous joints?

• Immovable/slightly movable, held together by fibrous connective tissue

• Barely movable, contain synovial fluid

• Immovable/slightly movable, held together by Cartilage

• Highly movable, contain flexion