Types of synovial joint
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- Created on: 07-02-14 12:47
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- Types of synovial joints
- Ball and socket
- Ball shaped head articulating with a cup like socket of an adjacent bone
- Movement can occur in 3 planes
- Examples: Hip and shoulder
- Hinge
- Cyndrical protusion of 1 bone articulates with a trough-shaped depression of an adjacent bone
- Movement restricted to 1 plane: Flexion and extension only
- Strong bones. Difficult to damage or dislocate
- Examples: Elbow, knee, ankle
- Pivot
- Rounded/pointed structure of 1 bone articulates with ring shaped structure of an adjacent bone
- Movement restricted to 1 plane: rotation of longitude axis only
- One of the strongest, less likely to damage
- Examples: Radio-ular, spine(atlas/axis)
- Condyloid
- Movement in 2 planes
- Similar to ball and socket, but with much flatter articulating surfaces, forming a shallower joint
- Not very strong, easy to dislocate as there isn't many muscles holding in the bone
- Examples: wrist, base of thumb
- Gliding
- Articulating surfaces almost flat and of a similar size
- Movement occurs in 3 planes, but severely limited
- Examples: Spine, ankle area
- Difficult to dislocate
- Saddle
- Movement in 2 planes
- Stronger than Condyloid, not as strong as others
- Examples: Thumb
- Ball and socket
- Condyloid
- Movement in 2 planes
- Similar to ball and socket, but with much flatter articulating surfaces, forming a shallower joint
- Not very strong, easy to dislocate as there isn't many muscles holding in the bone
- Examples: wrist, base of thumb
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