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Classification of Joints

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of joint is the hip and shoulder joint?

a)

A pivot joint

b)

A saddle joint

c)

A condyloid joint

d)

A ball and socket joint

2.

What type of joint are the sutures in the skull?

a)

Diarthroses

b)

Gliding

c)

Synarthroses

d)

Amphiarthroses

3.

What type of joint is the elbow?

a)

Synovial Hinge

b)

Synovial Ball and Socket

c)

Synovial Pivot

d)

Synovial Saddle

4.

What type of joint is the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb called?

a)

Gliding Joint

b)

Condyloid Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Hinge Joint

5.

The knee joint is

a)

Hinge

b)

Gliding

c)

Ball and socket

d)

Pivot

6.

The joints that allow the most movement are called

a)

Fixed

b)

Fibrous

c)

Cartilaginous

d)

Synovial

7.

Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint

a)

ball and socket

b)

condyloid

c)

hinge

d)

gliding

8.

The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint

a)

ball and socket

b)

condyloid

c)

gliding

d)

hinge

9.

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

10.

Name this joint

a)

gliding

b)

saddle

c)

condyloid

d)

pivot

11.

Fibrous joints are?

a)

freely moveable

b)

partially moveable

c)

immovable

12.

Carpals and tarsals (flat bones) are examples of this type of joint

a)

condyloid

b)

gliding

c)

hinge

d)

saddle

13.

Of all the joints in the body, which type of joint allows the greatest range of movement?

a)

Ball and Socket Joints

b)

Hinge Joints

c)

Pivot Joints

d)

Gliding Joints

14.

What type of joint is found between the vertebrae of the spine?

a)

A) Ball and Socket

b)

B) Hinge

c)

C) Pivot

d)

D) Cartilaginous

15.

Which type of joint is characterized by a fluid-filled cavity that allows for free movement?

a)

A) Fibrous Joint

b)

B) Cartilaginous Joint

c)

C) Synovial Joint

d)

D) Fixed Joint