synovial joints and movements

Question 1

uniaxial

Answer 1

moving around one axis

Question 2

biaxial

Answer 2

moving around two axes at right angle to eachother

Question 3

multiaxial

Answer 3

occurring at several axis

Question 4

Plane

Answer 4

uniaxial
some rotation possible
sliding

Question 5

examples of Plane joint

Answer 5

intervertebral, intercarpal, acromiclavicular, carpometacarpal. costovertebral, intertarsal, tarsometatarsal

Question 6

saddle joints

Answer 6

bixaxial

Question 7

example of saddle joints

Answer 7

thumb
intercarpal, sternoclavicular

Question 8

hinge joints

Answer 8

uniaxial
convex cylinder in one bone; corresponding concavity in another

Question 9

example of hinge joint

Answer 9

elbow, ankle, interphalangeal

Question 10

pivot joints

Answer 10

uniaxial
rotation around a single axis
cylindrical bony process rotating within a circle of bone or movement

Question 11

example of pivot

Answer 11

articulation of dens of axis and atlas
proximal and distal radioulnar

Question 12

ball and socket

Answer 12

multiaxial
shoulder and hip joints

Question 13

Ellipsoid (condyloid)

Answer 13

modified ball and socket
articular surfaces are ellipsoid
biaxial

Question 14

ex of ellipsoid

Answer 14

atlantooccipitial