Trail Guide to the Body Questions With
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gliding joint usually between two flat surfaces & allows the least movement of all
synovial joints, only small shifting movements are possible at these articulations
carpal bones & tarsal bones examples of gliding joints
ellipsoid joint consis...
located between trapezium (one of the small carpal bones in the wrist & the first metacarpal bone
example of a saddle joint
pivot joint designed to allow one bone to rotate around the surface of another bone
, Trail Guide to the Body Questions With
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located between C1 & C2 (atlantoaxial joint) example of a pivot joint
agonist a muscle that carries out an action
antagonist a muscle that has an opposite action of the agonist
synergist a muscle that supports the agonist
skeletal muscle voluntary contractile tissue that moves the skeleton
tendons attached muscle to bone
ligaments connect bones together at a joint
sagittal plane divides the body into left and right halves (lateral & medial)
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