TYPES OF JOINTS

PRESENTED BY-NAMAN GUPTA

JOINTS

Did you notice that we are able to bend or rotate our body in places where two parts
of our body seem to be joined together — like elbow, shoulder or neck? These places
are called joints.
Bones cannot be bent. So, how do we bend our elbow? It is not one long bone from
the upper arm to our wrist. It is different bones joined together at the elbow.
Similarly, there are many bones present in each part of the body. We can bend or
move our body only at those points where bones meet. These points are called joints .

There are different types of joints in our body to help us carry out different
movements and activities.
 Ball and socket joints

• A round ball-like head of a bone moves along the socket

of smooth and concave cavity) on another bone that
allows movement in all directions.
• Examples are upper arm joining the shoulder and the head
of the thigh bone joining the hip-girdle (pelvis)
PIVOT JOINT

• The joint between the skull and the

first two vertebrae of the
backbone.The joint where our neck
joins the head. It allows us to bend
our head forward and backward and
turn the head to our right or left.
• Ring from one bone fits over the
round and smooth surface of the
othen bone helping movement in all
directions.
GLIDING JOINTS

• One bone glides over the

other helping limited
movement.
• Examples: joints between
the vertebrae and the
joints between the bones
of the wrist and the ankle.
 HINGE JOINTS
• The same as a hinge on a door.
It helps unidirectional
movement.
• Examples are: Joint at elbow,
joint at knee and the joints on
fingers and toes.
SADDLE JOINTS

• Is along the base of the

thumb. It is so shaped that
it shows a combination of
movements in different
planes making it possible
for the pad of the thumb
to meet the inger pads.