3. Joints and Movement Directions: Read the following scenario and describe the

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3. Joints and Movement

Directions: Read the following scenario and describe the actions taken at 5 different synovial joints to accomplish the activity.  Make sure that to include joints from your upper limb, lower limb, fingers, neck, and torso.  Also, make sure not to repeat movements.  Each joint you choose must highlight a different movement. Your descriptions must include:

a.  The proper anatomical name of the joint (eg. temporomandibular joint rather than jaw joint)
b.  The type of synovial joint
c.  The bones involved in the joint
d.  The type of movement that is occurring at that joint

You are sitting at a desk studying for your upcoming Human A&P exam. You realize that you need to check something in your textbook, so you look around and see that it is sitting on the upper shelf of your bookcase. You push back your chair, stand up, walk over to the bookcase, reach up and grab the textbook. You pull it off the shelf and carry it back to your desk, where you set it down, sit back in your chair and pull yourself forward. You open the textbook and start paging through, looking for the information you need.

Explanation / Answer

1.elbow joint

Type of joint-hinge joint

In between humerus and ulna

Swinging motion

2.knee joint.

Type of joint-modified hinge joint

In between femur ,tibia,patella

Flexion,extenson ,medial and lateral rotation

3.carpo-metacarpal joint

Type of joint -saddle joint

Carpal bone and metacarpal

Flexon ,extenson,adduction,abduction

4.atlantiaxial joint

Type of joint -pivot joint

Between atlas vertebre and odontoid process of axis

Rotational movement

5.costovertebral joint

Gliding joint

Between facet of ribs and transverse process of vertbrae

Slight gliding movement

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