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WorksheetsSkeletal Joints
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrae to rotate as in shaking your head no
condyloid
gliding
pivot
saddle
What are articulations?
A place where one bone meets
A place where two bones meet
Bones don't meet
A place where three bones meet
Which bones are limited in rotation and are a good example of a pivot joint?
The hip and shoulder
The sternum and clavicle
The radius and ulna
The elbow and knee
The phalanx bones meet at ______ joints
saddle
condyloid
ball and socket
fibrous
The humerus meets the radius and ulna and forms a _____ joint
hinge
condyloid
gliding
fibrous
The joint which allows the maximum movement is the
Slightly movable joint
Ball and socket joint
hinge joint
Gliding joint
Rotating your hand so the palm faces upward (supinate) is possible because of this type of joint between the radius and ulna
ball and socket
hinge
pivot
gliding
Which of the following areas is an example of a slightly movable joint?
shoulder
elbow
vertebrae
thumb
Joints between skull bones are considered
synovial
fibrous
cartilaginous
Name the type of joint between the tarsal bones
gliding
saddle
ball and socket
condyloid
What type of joint holds the ribs to the sternum?
cartilaginous
gliding
fibrous
ball and socket
This joint has limited movement and allows flexibility at the junction of the two bones
fibrous
cartilaginous
synovial
The hip, elbow and knee are all types of what joint?
fibrous
cartilaginous
synovial
What kind of joint is #4?
gliding
cartilaginous
synovial
fixed
