1. Joints
Types and Examples

2. What is a Joint? Any place where two or more bones meet
Classified as immovable or movable

3. Immovable Joints This joint doesn’t move
- Located in the skull (picture) and ribs
This joint doesn’t move
- When the bones fuse together it is called a suture

4. Ball and Socket
The ball and socket joint allow you to move at a 360° rotation. (Hip and Shoulder)
This joint allows for the most range of motion

5. Pivot Joint This allows one joint to rotate around another
Picture a basketball player that pivots on one foot so not to travel
Located in forearm and neck

6. Hinge Joint Knee, elbow, and fingers Move in only 1 direction
Open and shut like a door
Elbow

7. Gliding Joint This joint allows one bone to slide over another
Located in between your vertebrae and your wrists and ankles

8. Man-made Examples

9. Hinge
Pivot
Ball and Socket
Gliding
Immovable

10. The End