Joints

Question 1

plane or gliding

Answer 1

back and forth sliding, like carpals of wrist or intervertebral

Question 2

saddle

Answer 2

back and forth, side to side, and some pivotal, like twiddling thumbs

Question 3

hinge

Answer 3

back and forth, like elbow, knee, or ankle

Question 4

pivot

Answer 4

one bone rotates around the other, like dens of axis and atlas

Question 5

ball and socket

Answer 5

ball shape process of one bone in cup shaped socket of another bone, like shoulder and hip joints

Question 6

ellipsoid

Answer 6

back and forth and circular

Question 6

flexion

Answer 6

decrease angle of joint

Question 7

extension

Answer 7

increase angle of joint

Question 8

hyperextension

Answer 8

extend joint beyond anatomical position

Question 9

dorsiflexion

Answer 9

decreasing angle of ankle joint

Question 10

plantar flexion

Answer 10

increasing angle of ankle joint

Question 11

abduction

Answer 11

away from median

Question 12

adduction

Answer 12

toward median

Question 13

rotation

Answer 13

turn along long axis

Question 14

supination

Answer 14

palms facing up

Question 15

pronation

Answer 15

palms down

Question 16

circumduction

Answer 16

flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction combined

Question 17

elevation

Answer 17

moves superiorly

Question 18

depression

Answer 18

moves inferiorly

Question 19

protraction

Answer 19

gliding anterior

Question 20

retraction

Answer 20

moves posterior

Question 21

lateral excursion

Answer 21

mandible right or left from midline

Question 22

medial excursion

Answer 22

return mandible to midline

Question 23

opposition

Answer 23

movement of thumb and little finger towards each other

Question 24

reposition

Answer 24

return thumb and little finger

Question 25

inversion

Answer 25

turn plantar surface of foot medially

Question 26

eversion

Answer 26

turn plantar surface of foot laterally