Classification of Synovial Joints

What are synovial joints classified according to?

What type of joint is classified as intervertebral?

What type of joint consists of two flat bone surfaces of about equal size?

Which joint is specifically found at the carpometacarpal of the thumb?

Describe the orientation of the surfaces in a saddle joint.

What are some examples of hinge joints?

What defines a hinge joint?

What is an example of a pivot joint?

What type of joint restricts movement to rotation around a single axis?

What joints are referred to as ball-and-socket joints?

Define the structure of a ball-and-socket joint.

Give an example of an ellipsoid joint.

What is another name for an ellipsoid joint?

Which type of joint consists of a modified ball-and-socket?

Synovial joints are categorized by the shape of the adjoining articular surfaces.

Also known as a gliding joint.
Examples include intervertebral joints; allows slight gliding motion between two flat bone surfaces of equal size.

Found in the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb.
Features two saddle-shaped articulating surfaces positioned at right angles to each other for complementary articulation.

Examples include the cubital (elbow) and knee joints.
Functions as an uniaxial joint where a convex cylinder of one bone fits into a matching concave surface of another.

Examples are the glenohumeral joint (shoulder) and hip joint.
Consists of a spherical head from one bone fitting into the socket of another bone.

Example is the atlantooccipital joint located in the neck area.
Also referred to as a condyloid joint, it is a modified ball-and-socket joint, allowing for movement in two planes.