types of synovial joints

Question 1

example of plane joint

Answer 1

acromioclavicular

Question 2

plane

Answer 2

permit gliding and sliding, in the plane of articular surface

Question 3

hinge

Answer 3

flexion and extension only (one plane -sagittal), uniaxial, anterior and posterior

Question 4

hinge joint example

Answer 4

olecranon (elbow)

Question 5

saddle joint

Answer 5

permit abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, biaxial, some circumduction

Question 6

example of saddle joint

Answer 6

knuckles (carpometacarpal of 1st digit)

Question 7

condyloid

Answer 7

flexion, extension, abd, add, biaxial, one plane is greater than another, biaxial

Question 8

example of condyloid

Answer 8

metacarpophalangeal

Question 9

ball and socket

Answer 9

multiple axes, highly mobile, spherical bone moves, flex, ext, abd, add, medial rotation, lateral rotation

Question 10

example of ball and socket

Answer 10

hip joint

Question 11

pivot joint

Answer 11

uniaxial, rounded process rotates in a sleeve

Question 12

pivot example

Answer 12

atlanto-axial and radioulnar sup/pro

Question 13

zygopophyseal joints (facets)

Answer 13

VERTEBRAE, lie between the articular processes of adjacent vertebral arches, permit gliding