Bones Connect- Joints!

A joint is any place where bones meet.

There are five types:

Type Movement Examples in your Picture

body
Hinge Bending Knee, elbow
Joint

Pivot Rotation Where your skull

Joint attaches to your
vertebrae

Ball and Spinning Shoulder

socket
joint

Gliding sliding Wrist

joint

Immova None Skull

ble joint
Do the following activities. Which type(s) of joint is involved in each one?

● Move your arm in a circle Ball and socket joint

● Push open a door Hinge joint and Gliding joint

● Lift a book from a desk Hinge joint and Gliding joint

● Kneel Down Hinge joint, Gliding joint and Ball and socket joint

● Wave your hand Gliding joint

● Shake your head Pivot joint

Moveable Joints Charades!

A volunteer will pick a moveable joints charades card and act out the activity.

The rest of the class will fill out the chart below for each activity:

Motion Joints Used (2) Bones Used (3)

Swinging a bat Hinge and Ball and Carpals, Radius and

Socket Ulna

Boxing Hinge and Ball and Radius, Ulna and

Socket Metacarpals

Throwing a football Hinge and Ball and Radius, Ulna and

Socket Carpals

Pirouet Gliding and ball and Skull, Phalanges and

socket tibia

Jumping Jacks Ball and socket and Scapula, Clavicle and

gliding femur

High kick Ball and socket and Femur, Patella and

hinge Phalanges

Push-ups Ball and socket and Scapula, Clavicle and

hinge Phalanges

Robot Hinge and Pivot Humerus, Scapula

and femur

Hopping in one leg Hinge and Immovable Phalanges, Skull and

Femur

Waving Ball and socket and Carpals, Radius and

hinge Ulna