Types of Joints: Synarthroses and Diarthroses

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Which type of joints allow little or no movement?

  • Diarthroses
  • Synarthroses (correct)
  • Sutures
  • Gomphoses

What type of joints permit a gliding motion between flat apposed surfaces?

  • Pivot joints
  • Hinge joints
  • Plane joints (correct)
  • Ball-and-socket joints

Which type of diarthroses joint allows rotation only around an axis?

  • Hinge joints
  • Pivot joints (correct)
  • Saddle joints
  • Plane joints

What type of joint is the shoulder joint?

<p>Ball-and-socket joint (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of uniaxial diarthroses joints mentioned in the text?

<p>Hinge and pivot joints (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which joint type allows a wide range of movement including backwards, forwards, sideways, and rotation?

<p>Ball-and-socket joint (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of joints allow various kinds of movement, including plane or gliding, uniaxial, biaxial, and multiaxial?

<p>Diarthroses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of joint allows rotation only around an axis, like the joint between the radius and ulna?

<p>Hinge joints (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of joint effectively welds the cranial bones into one rigid structure?

<p>Synarthroses (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of joint allows a wide range of movement, including backwards, forwards, sideways, and rotation?

<p>Ball-and-socket joints (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of plane or gliding joints?

<p>They permit a gliding motion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of joint is the articular surface of one bone concave in one direction and convex in a direction at right angles to the first?

<p>Saddle joints (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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