Joints

Question 1

Fibrous joints

Answer 1

fixed and immovable, designed for stability e.g. skull bones

Question 2

Cartilaginous joints

Answer 2

connected by cartilage

more movement than fibrous joints, but function is still stability e.g. pubic symphysis

Question 3

Synovial joints

Answer 3

free and moveable joints, most prominent in the body

6 kinds of synovial joints in the body: pivot, hinge, condyloid, saddle, plane, ball-and-socket

Question 4

Pivot joint

Answer 4

rotational movements e.g. C1/C2 joints

Question 5

Hinge joint

Answer 5

hinging or swinging movement e.g. knee, elbow, finger, toe joints

Question 6

Condyloid joint

Answer 6

head of one bone fits into a cavity of another e.g. wrist carpal joints

Question 7

Saddle joint

Answer 7

like hinge just with more range of motion e.g. thumb joint

Question 8

Plane joint

Answer 8

gliding joints e.g. wrist joint

Question 9

Ball- and-socket joint

Answer 9

ball shaped surface of one bone fits into the hole shaped surface of another bone e.g. hip and shoulder joints