Joints

What kind of joint is the knee?

What type of joint is this?

What kind of joint is your thumb?

What type of joint is the talocural joint? (Talas, Tibia, Fibula)

• Ball and Socket

• Condyloid

• Pivot

• Hinge

Turning the hand so that the palm is upward or facing anteriorly (in anatomical position).

• supination
• pronation
• flexion
• dorsiflexion

Movement away from the mid-line is called _____________.

• abduction
• adduction
• internal rotation
• external rotation

A disruption to the ligaments providing support to the joint is called a

• Sprain

• Strain

• Sprang

• Avulsion

Which is not a function of joints

• To pop and relive pressure?

• Skeletal protection

• Allow for bone growth

• Movement

• Change shape when needed

Name this joint

• pivot
• saddle
• gliding
• hinge

Name this joint

• gliding
• saddle
• condyloid
• pivot