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6 Cards in this Set
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Description: The ball-shaped head of one bone fits into a depression (socket) in another bone
Movement: Circular movements; joints can move in all planes, and rotation is possible |
Ball-and-socket joint
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Shoulder, hip
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Description: Oval-shaped condyle of one bone fits into oval-shaped cavity of another bone.
Movement: Can move in different planes but cannot rotate |
Condyloid joint
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Knuckles (joints between metacarpals and phalanges)
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Description: Flat or slightly curved surfaces join
Movement: Sliding or twisting in different planes |
Gliding joint
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Joints between carpal bones (wrist) and between tarsal bones (ankle)
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Description: Convex surface joins with concave surface
Movement: Up and down motion in one plane |
Hinge joint
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Elbow, knee
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Description: Cylinder-shaped projection on one bone is surrounded by a ring of another bone and ligament
Movement: Rotation is only movement possible |
Pivot joint
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Joint between radius and ulna at elbow and joint between atlas and axis at top of vertebral column
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Description: Each bone is saddle shaped and fits into the saddle-shaped region of the opposite bone
Movement: Many movements are possible |
Saddle joint
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Joint between carpal and metacarpal bones of the thumb
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