Joints Flashcards by Tayler S

Plane joints

Flat
Sliding and gilding
Zygapophyseal joints

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Hinge joints

2 surfaces one concave one convex
Bony ledge
Humeral ulnar joint
Flexion and extension
Knee joint ankle joint

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Pivot joints

2 surface
Smooth
Peg &amp; rotary
1 degree of freedom
Supination and pronation
Proximal and distal radioulnar joints

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Ellipsodial joints

2 surfaces 
Radiocarpal joints 
Biaxial in principal 
Multiaxial because of circumduction 
2 degrees of freedom
Flexion extension circumduction abduction adduction

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Saddle joint

Saddle shaped surfaces
1st carpo metacarpal joint on thumb side
Biaxial in principal
Multiaxial because of circumduction
Flexion extension abduction adduction circumduction

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Ball and socket joints

Shoulder and hip
Multiaxial
All degrees of freedom
Flexion extension abduction adduction lateral and medial rotation circumduction

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Joints Flashcards

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