1. 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. 

2. Fibrous Joints **Also known as fixed joints. **Little movement.
EX: Skull and where the tibia meets the fibula right above the foot.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Ball and Socket Joints
**They allow us to make movements in all planes.
EX: Found in the shoulder and hips.

6. Hinge Joints
**Moves back and forth (like a door hinge)
EX: Elbow

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Condyloid Joints
**Occur in the fingers between the metacarpals and the phalanges.
**Condyloid joints allow less movement than saddle joints.