APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Functionally the three types of joints are synarthrosis (immovable), amphiarthrosis (slightly moveable), and diarthrosis (freely moveable).

Detailed explanation-2: -The six types of freely movable joint include ball and socket, saddle, hinge, condyloid, pivot and gliding. Common causes of joint pain include inflammation (pain and swelling), infection and injury.

Detailed explanation-3: -Neck is NOT a joint. Joints are the areas where 2 or more bones meet.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ball-and-socket joints. Ball-and-socket joints, such as the shoulder and hip joints, allow backward, forward, sideways, and rotating movements. Hinge joints. Pivot joints. Ellipsoidal joints.