Joints

Plane (gliding)

Sliding or gliding

Ginglymi (hinge)

Flexion and extension

Pivot (trochoid)

Rotational

Ellipsoid (condylar)

Flexion and extension Abduction and adduction Circumduction

Saddle (sellar)

Flexion and extension Abduction and adduction Circumduction

Ball and socket (spheroidal)

Flexion and extension Abduction and adduction Circumduction, Medial and lateral rotation

Bicondylar

Movement primarily along one axis with some limited rotation

Plane (gliding)

Intermetacarpal, intercarpal, and carpometacarpal joints, C1 on C2 vertebrae

Ginglymi (hinge)

Interphalangeal joints of fingers, toes, and elbow joints

Pivot (trochoid)

Proximal and distal radioulnar and between C1 and C2 vertebrae (atlantoaxial joint)

Ellipsoid (condylar)

Metacarpophalangeal and wrist joints

Saddle (sellar)

First carpometacarpal joint (thumb), ankle, and calcaneocuboid joints

Ball and socket (spheroidal)

Hip and shoulder joints

Bicondylar

Knee and temporomandibular joints