Skeletal Joints

• it makes gliding movements - it is found in the wrist and ankle

• they are a special class of joints that enjoy the highest freedom of motion in the body thanks to their unique structure • the shoulder and hip joints are the only ball-and-socket joints in the human body

• a freely movable joint - it is only in the neck

• a modified ball-and-socket joint in which the joint surfaces are elongated or ellipsoidal

• you have it in your elbow, knees, finger, etc. - they are formed between two or more bones where the bones can only move along one axis to flex or extend

• it is a joint where one of the bones forming the joint is shaped like a saddle with the other bone resting on it like a rider on a horse

• it has no movement - it is just bones fused together