Joints Flashcards
Hip (Coxofemoral Joint)
Ball and Socket; 3 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension
Internal/External Rotation
Abduction/Adduction
*Circumduction
Knee (Tibiofemoral Joint)
Modified Hinge/Double condyloid; 3 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension (Largest ROM)
Internal/External Rotation (2nd Largest ROM)
Abduction/Adduction (Min ROM)
Ankle (Talocrural)
Hinge; 1 Rotational DOF; Plantarflexion/Dorsiflexion
Talonavicular Joint (tarsals)
Ball and Socket; 3 Rotational DOF
Calcaneocuboid
Saddle; 2 Rotational DOF
Shoulder (Glenohumeral)
Ball and Socket; 3 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension Internal/External Rotation Abduction/Adduction *Circumduction *Horizontal Abduction/Adduction
Scapulothoracic
3 total DOF: 1 Rotational DOF; Upward/Downward Rotation; 2 Translational DOF; Elevation/Depression
Protraction/Retraction
Radial-ulnar (proximal)
Pivot; 1 Rotational DOF; Pronation/Supination of the hand
Elbow (Humero-ulnar)
Hinge; 1 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension
Wrist (Radius and ulna to carpals)
Condyloid; 2 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension
Radial/Ulnar Deviation
Carpals (generic)
Gliding; 2 Translational DOF; Planar gliding
First metacarpometacarpal joint (Trapezium articulartion with 1st Metacarpal)
Saddle; 2 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension
Abduction/Adduction
2nd-5th Metacarpophalangeal Joints
Condyloid; 2 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension
Abduction/Adduction
Interphalangeal Joints
Hinge; 1 Rotational DOF; Flexion/Extension
Lumbar Intervertebral Body Articulation
Symphysis joint, NOT a synovial joint like the rest of the joints we learned; 3 Rotational DOFs; Left/Right Lateral Flexion, Left/Right Rotation, Flexion/Extension