Different kinds joints in the skeleton

Question 1

Joints

Answer 1

Are any points where 2 or more bones meet. The bones that meet at a joint are called the articulating bones of the joint.

Question 2

A synovial joint

Answer 2

It’s a joint that allows a wide range of movement and has a joint capsule enclosing it.
Ball and socket joints are hinge joints.

Question 3

A ball and socket joint

Answer 3

Allows movement in nearly every direction. The end of a bone fits into a cup-like area of another bone. E.g. at the hip joint, the head of the femur sits in the socket of the pelvis.

Question 4

A hinge joint

Answer 4

Allows movement in only one direction. This joint is able to bend and straighten like the hinge on a door. E.g. the elbow joint between the humerus in the upper arm, and the radius and the ulna in the upper arm.

Question 5

Ball and socket joints examples

Answer 5

Hip- pelvis and femur
Shoulder- humerus and scapula

Question 6

Hinge joints examples

Answer 6

Knee- femur and tibia
Elbow- humerus, radius and ulna