Movable joints

Q.

What type of joint is present in the wrist?

Ball and socket joint

Hinge joint

Fixed joint

Gliding joint

Q. Some movable joints allow movement only upto 180 degrees, an example of which would be the _____ .

1. Knee joint

2. Shoulder joint

3. Hip joint

4. Ankle joint

Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Fixed joint – Shoulder
2. Hinge joint – Skull bones
3. Ball and socket joint – Between vertebral discs
4. Gliding joint – Wrist, Ankle

Q. Identify the joint shown in the below image:

1. Pivot
2. Ball and socket
3. Saddle
4. Hinge

Q. Name the type of joint of your hand which helps you to grasp a badminton racquet.

Q. Name the type of joint of your hand which helps you to grasp a badminton racquet.

Q. Identify the joint(s) that enables our legs to perform functions such as walking and running.

1. Hinge joint
2. Pivot joint
3. Ball and socket joint
4. Fixed joint

Q. Identify the joint shown in the below image:

1. Pivot
2. Saddle
3. Ball and socket
4. Hinge

Q. Identify the joint shown in the below image:

1. Ball and socket
2. Saddle
3. Hinge
4. Pivot

Q. Provide one word answers to the statements given below: [4 marks]
A. Joint which allows movement in all directions
B. Hard structure that forms the skeleton
C. Bones connecting chest bone and backbone
D. Joint where our neck joins the head

Q. Every athlete stretches his/her neck as depicted in the image. Which of the following joints allow such kind of movement?

1. Ball and socket joint
2. Pivot joint
3. Hinge joint
4. Fixed joint

Q.

Just like a locomotive engine, muscles can only:

1. push

2. flex

3. relax

4. pull

Q. Bodybuilders like to train their muscles by performing rigorous exercises. The kind of joint that helps in exercising biceps and triceps is:

1. Pivotal joint

2. Hinge joint

3. Fixed joint

4. Ball and Socket joint