General joints
Types of synovial joints
Joint movements
Foot joint
100
Joints
What allows the skeleton to move?
100
Elbow
Identify a hinge joint?
100
Extension
What is the movement that extends or straightens a limb
100
phalanges
What are the bones at the end of the toes
200
Muscular contraction
What causes the bones to move around the joint?
200
Hip, Shoulder
Identify a ball and socket joint?
200
Flexion
What is the movement that bends or flexes a limb?
200
metatarsals
What are the long bones in the middle of the foot
300
Levers
How do the bones act within the skeleton?
300
Pivot joint
What is joint between the spine and the cranium?
300
Abduction
What is moving a limb away from the centre line of the body?
300
tarsals
What are the big bones in the base of the foot?
400
Pivots
How do joints act within the skeleton?
400
Gliding Joints
What type of joints are those between the carpals of the hand?
400
Adduction
What is moving a limb towards the centre line of the body?
400
Calcaneus
What is the biggest bone in the base of the foot?
500
Synovial Fluid
What is the liquid that lubricates the joints?
500
Condyloid joint
What is the wrist joint?
500
Circumduction
What is the ability of a limb to be moved in circles?
500
tuberosity of calcaneus
What is bone the heel of the foot?
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