4,2 Types of joint

Question 1

What is the location and description of a hinge joint?

Answer 1

It is located in the elbow and knee and it can go backwards, forwards, but not sideways. It allows flexion and extension.

Question 2

What is the location and description of the ball and socket joint?

Answer 2

Located in the shoulder and hip. It allows for all types of movement except gliding, including circumflexion-rotating all the way around. More vulnerable to damage due to amount movement (dislocated shoulder, hip replacement)

Question 3

What is the location and description of the pivot joint?

Answer 3

It is in the neck and allows for rotating movement around a single point (axis).

Question 4

What is the location and description of the sliding/gliding joint?

Answer 4

It is in the neck and wrists. It is one flat bone surface that slides or glides along another flat bone surface. It only allows this gliding movement.