Joint Movement Flashcards
What is the key movement information about the shoulder joint?
Ball and socket joint. flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, internal/medial and external/lateral rotation, circumduction, horizontal flexion and horizontal extension.
What is the key movement information about the elbow joint?
Hinge joint. Flexion and extension.
What is the key movement information about the radioulnar joint?
Two locations in which the radius and ulna articulate in the forearm. Proximal radioulnar joint and distal radioulnar joint. Both pivot joints responsible for pronation and supination of the forearm
What is the key movement information about the wrist joint?
condyloid (or ellipsoid) joint. Flexion, extension, Abduction, Adduction
What is the key movement information about the metacarpophalangeal joint?
condyloid (or ellipsoid) joint. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction (where the middle finger is the midline of the hand) and circumduction.
What is the key movement information about the first carpometacarpal joint?
Saddle joint. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, opposition and reposition.
What is the key movement information about the interphalangeal joint?
Uniaxial hinge joint. Flexion and extension
What is the key movement information about the spinal column?
Is a series of cartilaginous joints commonly referred to as the ‘intervertebral joints’. Flexion, extension, hyperextension, lateral flexion and rotation
What is the key movement information about the atlantoaxial joint?
Pivot joint. Rotation
What is the key movement information about the hip joint?
Ball and socket joint. flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, internal/medial and external/lateral rotation, circumduction, horizontal flexion and horizontal extension.
What is the key movement information about the knee joint?
Hinge joint. Flexion and extension.
What is the key movement information about the ankle joint?
Synovial hinge joint. Dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
