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Joints and Movements

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Examples of a Ball & Socket Joint are found in the

a)

Shoulder

b)

Knee

c)

Hip

d)

Ankle

2.

When kicking a football the knee

a)

Flexes

b)

Extends

c)

Abducts

d)

Adducts

3.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
4.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
5.
Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
hinge
d)
gliding
6.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
7.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
8.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Circumduction
b)
Lateral Rotation
c)
Medial Rotation
d)
Eversion
9.
The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
gliding
d)
hinge
10.
This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no
a)
condyloid
b)
gliding
c)
pivot
d)
saddle
11.
The knee joint is
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and socket
d)
Pivot
12.

What joint is displayed in picture

a)

Hinge Joint

b)

Saddle joint

c)

Ball and socket joint

13.

Where is the pivot joint located ?

a)

Neck

b)

Knee

c)

Thumb

14.

What joint allows more types of movement?

a)

Hinge

b)

Ball and socket

15.

An increase in the angle of bones at a joint, is ...?

a)

Extension

b)

Flexion

c)

Rotation

d)

Abduction

16.

Movement of a bone or limb towards the midline of the body, is ...?

a)

Adduction

b)

Rotation

c)

Abduction

d)

Abbuction

17.

Movement of the ankle joint that flexes the foot upwards and decreases the angle at the joint, is ...?

a)

Flexion

b)

Dorsiflexion

c)

Plantarflexion

d)

Extension

18.

Movement at the ankle joint that points the toes and increases the angle at the ankle joint, is...?

a)

Flexion

b)

Dorsiflxion

c)

Plantar flexion

d)

Extension

19.

The hinge joint at the knee allows...?

a)

Dorsiflexion and Plantar flexion

b)

Extension and Abduction

c)

Flexion and Extension

d)

Plantar flexion and extension

20.

The preparation of a football kick is predominately ...?

a)

Abduction

b)

Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Adduction

21.

The upwards phase of a bicep curl is an example of ...?

a)

Extension

b)

Abduction

c)

Adduction

d)

Flexion