Week 2: Joints

2. a fluid found between the bone ends that allows smooth movement of the joint
4. a joint that only allows the movements of flexion and extension
5. the imaginary line around which movement occurs at a joint
7. an example of this joint is found at the knuckles (metacarpophanangeal joints)
11. a joint which can move in all three planes (3 words)
14. the fibrous joints in the skull
16. a joint where the bone ends glide against each other
17. how well the bones fit together at a joint
18. this type of joint is found at the base of the thumb

1. histological classification for a joint with both hyaline and fibrocartilage between the bone ends (2 words)
3. the type of joint found between the epiphysis and diaphysis of developing bones (2 words)
6. found surrounding synovial joints
8. an example of this functional type of joint is found between the radius and the ulna
9. where two or more bones meet
10. a movement able to be performed at hinge, condyloid and ball-and-socket joints
12. dense, regular connective tissue which joins bone to bone
13. a joint (hinge or pivot) which can only move in a single plane
14. an example of a joint that can move in all three planes
15. an example of a hinge joint