Come in quietly and take a seat.. Take out a pencil please. Joints!!! Come in quietly and take a seat.. Take out a pencil please.
Fibrous Joints **Also known as fixed joints. **Little movement. EX: Skull and where the tibia meets the fibula right above the foot.
Cartilaginous Joints **Moveable in childhood but become fixed when bone growth has ended. **Make it possible for long bones to grow. **Allow us to twist and bend.
Plane Joints **Found in area’s where the bones are flat. **Allow slipping and gliding movement. EX: Found between certain bones in the hands and feet.
Ball and Socket Joints **They allow us to make movements in all planes. EX: Found in the shoulder and hips.
Hinge Joints **Moves back and forth (like a door hinge) EX: Elbow
Pivot Joints **Allow limited rotation of one bone against another. **Found where the neck joins the head and where the radius and ulna meet, just below the elbow.
Saddle Joints **Occur where the thumb meets the palm. **Each bone has a convex and concave surfaces that join, just like a person sitting in a saddle.
Condyloid Joints **Occur in the fingers between the metacarpals and the phalanges. **Condyloid joints allow less movement than saddle joints.