1. Types of Joints Flash Cards

2. Hinge Joint

3. Hinge Joint Extensive forward & backward motion
Limited to one direction
Elbow allows you to bend your lower arm.
Ex’s: knees, elbows & in fingers & toes.

4. Ball & Socket Joint

5. Ball & Socket Joint
Allows bones to move up, down, forward, backward and in a complete circle.
Greatest range of motion of all the joints.
Ex’s: hips & shoulders

6. Pivot Joint

7. Pivot Allows one bone to rotate around another.
Allows you to move your head side to side.
Ex: base of skull/neck & lower arm.

8. Sliding Joint

9. Sliding Joint Flat bones allow one bone to slide over another.
Move front to back and limited side to side.
Ex’s: ankles, wrists & vertebrae (back bones)

10. Immovable
Dovetail Joint
(in woodworking)

11. Immovable Allows very little or no movement Also called fixed joints
Ex: skull & pelvis