Human Body Joints

Vocabulary flashcards based on the lecture notes regarding different types of joints in the human body and their functions.

Hinge joints

Joints that let you bend and straighten your fingers, and rotate, bend, and straighten your arms and legs.

Modified hinge joints

A classification for the knee and the elbow joints.

Ball-and-socket joint

A joint where the upper arm bone meets the shoulder bone, allowing movement sideward, forward, and backward.

Ball-and-socket joint (lower body)

A joint found between the upper leg and hip, consisting of an open pocket of hip and a rounded head of upper leg.

Gliding joints

The joints between vertebrae that enable the vertebra to do limited twisting, turning, or sliding.