What is the types of joints MCQS?
Clarification: Joints are of three types, which are namely fibrous joints, cartilaginous joints and synovial joints.
What are 6 common joints in the body?
The six types of freely movable joint include ball and socket, saddle, hinge, condyloid, pivot and gliding.
What ball and socket joint do you use when you throw a ball?
The ball and socket joint (or spheroid joint) is a type of synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone….Ball-and-socket joint.
| Ball and socket joint | |
|---|---|
| TA2 | 1562 |
| FMA | 75301 |
| Anatomical terminology |
Which is the biggest joint in human body?
The knee
The knee is the joint where the bones of the lower and upper legs meet. The largest joint in the body, the knee moves like a hinge, allowing you to sit, squat, walk or jump. The knee consists of three bones: femur – the upper leg bone, or thigh bone.
What is the weakest joint in the body?
There are only two ball and socket joints in the human body. They are the hip and the shoulder joints (there are two in the hip and one in each shoulder). Of the two areas where there are ball and socket joints, the shoulder is the weakest.
What is the strongest joint in the body?
The Hip
The muscles and ligaments that surround the joint are also some of the largest and strongest in the body. So why does the biggest, strongest joint in the body become a problem?
What is the first thumb joint called?
The thumb basal joint, also known as the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, is a specialized saddle-shaped joint that is formed by a small wrist bone (trapezium) and the first of the three bones in the thumb (metacarpal).
What type of joint is your teeth?
A gomphosis is a fibrous mobile peg-and-socket joint. The roots of the teeth (the pegs) fit into their sockets in the mandible and maxilla and are the only examples of this type of joint.
What is the least movable joint?
1. Fibrous joints – the bones of fibrous joints are joined by fibrous tissue, such as the sutures in the skull or the pelvis. Fibrous joints allow no movement at all.
What is the smallest joint in the body?
Incudostapedial joint
| Stapes | |
|---|---|
| System | Auditory system |
| Articulations | Incudostapedial joint |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Stapes |