Synovial Joints Flashcards
1
Q
What is a ball and socket joint?
A
The rounded point of one bone fits into the cup like end of another eg shoulder and hip
2
Q
What is a hinge joint?
A
The convex surface of one bone fits into the concave surface of another eg elbow, knee and ankle
3
Q
What is a condyloid joint?
A
Similar to ball and socket but the curved surfaces are much flatter eg wrist
4
Q
What joint is flexion and extension?
A
It is all three synovial joints
5
Q
What hinge is adduction, abduction, circumduction, medial and lateral rotation and horizontal flexion and extension?
A
It is ball and socket
6
Q
What hinge is dorsiflexion and plantar flexion?
A
It is hinge
