Type of Synovial Joint
Allows movement in all axes; flexion, extension, abduction, abduction, rotation, and circumlocution.
Ball & Socket
Ball & Socket
Do these joints have a joint cavity?
These joints are ___ connected by ____
Bones; cartilage
What is your eye region called?
Orbital
Allows movement in one direction; flexion/extension
Hinge
Your elbow is what type of joint?
Hinge
What type of bones do they connect?
Are cartilaginous joints usually moveable?
No
What is your hand region called?
Manual
Allows rotation on one axis
Pivot
What type of joint do your fingers have?
Ellipsoidal/Condylar
The three types of fibrous joints
Sutures, syndesmosis, and gomphoses
What type of cartilage do sychodroses contain?
hyaline
What is your back knee region called?
Popliteal
Movements that saddle joints allow
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, and rotation.
What type of joint does your thumb have?
Saddle
Features of Fibrous Joints
Connected by fibrous tissue and immovable or slightly moveable.
Which rib are sychodroses found in?
The first
Where is your occipital?
Back of your head
Movements that gliding joints allow
Upwards and downwards
What type of joint is your wrist?
Gliding
What are sutures?
A stitch that holds together a wound or surgical incision.
What are the two types of cartilaginous joints?
Sychondroses and sympheses
Where is your femoral region?
Thighs