| Question |
Answer |
| interphalangeal articulations , between phalanges |
are synovial hinges ONLY FLEX AND EXTEND |
| interphalangeal |
synovial ,hinge |
| metatarsophalangeal |
synovial, elipsoidal |
| intermetatarsal |
synovial gliding |
| calcaneocuboid |
synovial gliding |
| cunecuboid |
synovial gliding |
| intercuneform |
synovial gliding |
| ankle mortise: talo fibular and tibiotalor |
synovial ,hinge |
| ankle mortise/mortise joint |
another name for ankle |
| ankle joint |
flexes , etend and abducts and adducts slightly also inverts andeverts |
| tibiofibular (proximal) |
synovial ,hinge |
| tibiofibular ( distal) |
fibrous syndesmoisis |
| joints |
make it possible to support the body,protect internal organs and create movement |
| joint classification |
functional and structural |
| structural joint classification |
most widely used |
| functional |
synarthroses;immovable,ampiarthroses; slightly moveable,diarthroses; freely movable |
| structural |
fibrous; strongest joints of body IMMOVABLE,cartilaginous slightly movable and last but not leastsynovial freely movable |
| hinge (ginglymus) |
only flexion and extension (ANKLE) |
| gliding (plane) |
slight movement (intertarsal joints) |
| ellipsoid (condyloid) |
movement in two directions flexion,etension, abduction, adduction, & circumduction |
| syndesmoisis |
immovable united by fibrous tissue (inferior tibiofibular) |