Types of Synovial Joints

What type of joint is between the axis and atlas?

What type of joint is the hip joint?

Which joints are classified as intervertebral joints?

What type of joint is found between forearm bones and wrist?

What kind of joint is the elbow?

What type of joint is found in interphalangeal joints?

What joints are classified as intercarpal joints?

What type of joint is found between the tarsus and tibia/fibula?

What type of joint is between the skull and the vertebral column?

What type of joint is found between the jaw and skull?

What type of joints exist between proximal phalanges and metacarpal bones?

What is characteristic of a ball and socket joint?

What are the two types of biaxial joints?

What are the two types of uniaxial joints?

Pivot Joint: Allows rotation; found between the axis and atlas in the cervical spine.
Ball and Socket Joint: Provides a wide range of motion; exemplified by the hip joint, enabling movements in multiple axes.
Gliding Joint: Facilitates sliding movements; observed in intervertebral joints between articular processes and intercarpal joints.
Condyloid Joint: Supports movements in two planes; located between the forearm bones and wrist, skull and vertebral column, jaw and skull, and proximal phalanges and metacarpal bones.
Hinge Joint: Permits flexion and extension; seen in the elbow and interphalangeal joints, also connecting the tarsus to the tibia and fibula.

Multiaxial Joint: The ball and socket joint is classified as multiaxial, allowing diverse movements.
Biaxial Joints: Condyloid and saddle joints fall into this category, permitting movement along two axes.
Uniaxial Joints: Hinge and pivot joints are uniaxial, allowing motion primarily around one axis.