Synovial Joints

Question 1

What is the first Synovial joint? How many planes? Example? Special name?

Answer 1

• Ball and Socket joint
• 3 planes
• Hip
• Spheroidal joint

Question 2

What is the second Synovial joint? How many planes? Example? Special name?

Answer 2

• Gliding Joint
• 1 plane
• Foot (between tarsals)
• Arthrodial joint

Question 3

What is the third Synovial joint? How many planes? Example? Special name?

Answer 3

• Hinge Joint
• 1 plane
• Elbow (connecting ulna and humerus)
• Ginglymus joint

Question 4

What is the fourth Synovial joint? How many planes? Example? Special name?

Answer 4

• Pivot joint
• 1 joint
• Joint between first two vertebrae in neck
• Trochoid joint

Question 5

What is the fifth Synovial joint? How many planes? Example?

Answer 5

• Saddle joint
• 2 planes
• carpo-metacarpals articulation of the thumb

Question 6

What is the sixth Synovial joint? How many planes? Example?

Answer 6

• Ellipsoid joint
• 2 planes
• wrist

Question 7

Which type of joint is most common and moveable?

Answer 7

Synovial joint

Question 8

What is the exact definition of a synovial joint?

Answer 8

A synovial joint is the most common and most moveable type of joint. It is characterized by capsules surrounding the articulating surfaces and the lubricating synovial fluid within those synovial cavities.

Question 9

What is diarthrosis?

Answer 9

Diarthrosis is articulation that permits free movement. It is another name for a synovial joint.