Movement at the joint

Question 1

What are the 2 types of synovial joints?

Answer 1

hinge and ball and socket

Question 2

what are the 6 types of movement?

Answer 2

flexion
extension
circumduction
rotation
abduction
adduction

Question 3

what types of movement occur at a hinge joint?

Answer 3

flexion and extension

Question 4

what types of movement occur at a ball and sockket joint?

Answer 4

all 6 of them
rotation, circumduction, flexion, extension, adduction, abduction

Question 5

what is flexion?

Answer 5

movement where the angle of the joint decreases

Question 6

what is extension?

Answer 6

movement where the angle of the joint increases

Question 7

what is abduction?

Answer 7

movement away from the centre line of the body

Question 8

what is adduction?

Answer 8

movement towards the centre line of the body

Question 9

what is rotation?

Answer 9

where the joint moves in a circular motion but not the whole way.The joint moves around its own axis but not the whole way.

Question 10

what is circumduction?

Answer 10

this is a combination of all the other types of movement and normally moves in a complete circular motion.