Tutorial 108 - Gliding Movements of the Joints
Added 2016-04-19 05:38:03 +0000 UTCThere are a few places in the body where we can find the gliding types of synovial joints such as the ankle, foot and the hand.
The carpal bones will glide against one another whenever the hand moves at the wrist joint. These bones fit together forming a complicated interaction of multifaceted geometry. Each bone will slide into a variety of positions that allow the hand to change form for various actions. We'll talk more about the wrist and hand in future tutorials as it's a highly complex body structure.
The wrist joint (radiocarpol joint) is where three of the carpal bones of the hand (triquetral, lunate and scaphoid) meet the radius. This joint is classed as an elipsoid, and so movements are a combination of gliding and rotation.
