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TYPES OF SYNOVIAL JOINTS
Use pencil!
Activity 1: Look at each of the six joints labelled in the diagram.
Locate them on your own body and feel what happens when you make the joint work.
In which directions does each joint move?
Complete the table.
Check your answers on page 5 and check the diagram on page 7.
Several axes
Flexion & extension only
Gliding / sliding
Flexion, extension,
abduction, adduction,
circumduction
Rotation
Two different planes
1. Atlantoaxial joint:
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2. Hip joint:
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3. Acromioclavicular joint:
_____________________________________________
4. Elbow joint:
_____________________________________________
5. Matacarpophalangeal joint: _____________________________________________
6. Carpometacarpal joint:
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Activity 2: Label the diagrams of the different types of synovial joints.
Check your answers on page 5 and check the diagram on page 7.
Pivot
Ball & socket
Condyloid
Hinge
Plane
Saddle
1. __________________
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2. __________________
3. __________________
4. __________________
5. __________________
6. __________________
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Activity 3: Match the description with the type of synovial joint.
Check your answers on page 5 and check the diagram on page 7.
Pivot
Ball & socket
Condyloid
Hinge
Plane
Saddle
1. Permit gliding or sliding movements.
____________________
2. Permit movement in two different planes.
____________________
3. Permit flexion, extension, abduction & circumduction.
____________________
4. Permit rotation.
____________________
5. Permit flexion & extension only.
____________________
6. Permit movement on several axes.
____________________
Activity 4: Match the type of synovial joint with an example from the human body.
Check your answers on page 5 and check the diagram on page 7.
Pivot
Ball & socket
Condyloid
Hinge
Plane
Saddle
1. Atlantoaxial joint:
____________________
2. Hip joint:
____________________
3. Acromioclavicular joint:
____________________
4. Elbow joint:
____________________
5. Matacarpophalangeal joint:
____________________
6. Carpometacarpal joint:
____________________
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Activity 5: Label the diagram of a cross-section of a synovial joint.
Check your answers on page 6.
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ANSWERS
Activity 1:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Atlantoaxial joint:
Hip joint:
Acromioclavicular joint:
Elbow joint:
Matacarpophalangeal joint:
6. Carpometacarpal joint:
rotation
several axes
gliding/sliding only
flexion/extension only
flexion, extension, abduction, adduction,
circumduction
two different planes
Activity 2:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Pivot
Plane
Hinge
Saddle
Condyloid
Ball & socket
Activity 3:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Permit gliding or sliding movements.
Permit movement in two different planes.
Permit flexion, extension, abduction & circumduction.
Permit rotation.
Permit flexion & extension only.
Permit movement on several axes.
Plane
Saddle
Condyloid
Pivot
Hinge
Ball & socket
Activity 4:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Atlantoaxial joint:
Hip joint:
Acromioclavicular joint:
Elbow joint:
Matacarpophalangeal joint:
Carpometacarpal joint:
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Pivot
Ball & socket
Plane
Hinge
Condyloid
Saddle
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Activity 5:
Diagram of cross-section of a synovial joint
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Types of synovial joints
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