Types of Synovial Joint Notes

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Types of Synovial Joint Notes
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• Plane Joint articular cartilages are
  essentially flat short slipping and gliding
  movement
• Example intercarpal joints of wrist

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• Hinge Joint cylindrical end of bone fits into
  trough-shaped surface angular movement in one
  plane
• Example elbow or knee joint interphalangeal
  joint

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• Pivot Joint rounded end of one bone fits into a
  ring of bone rotational movement
• Example proximal radioulnar joint and atlas and
  axis joint

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• Condyloid Joint egg-shaped bone fits into oval
  concavity back and forth or side to side
  movement
• Example metacarpophalangeal (knuckle) joints

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• Saddle Joint both bones have concave and convex
  areas same movement as condyloid
• Example carpometacarpal joint of thumb

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• Ball-and-Socket Joint spherical head of one
  bone fits into socket of another allows movement
  in any plane including rotation
• Example shoulder and hip joint

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