Question

Largest synovial joint is
(a) hip joint (b) knee joint
(c) shoulder joint (d) ankle joint

Answer 1

Answer:

shoulder joint is a largest synovial joint

Answer 2

Dear Student,

◆ Answer - (b)

Largest synovial joint is knee joint.

◆ Synovial joint -

- A joint between two bones with a cartilage & fluid filled cavity in between is called a synovial joint.

- It is freely movable joknt & hence known as diarthrosis joint.

- A typical synovial jt is characterized by presence of -

hyaline cartilage

joint cavity

synovial fluid

articular capsule

reinforcing ligaments

# Types of synovial joints -

- plane synovial jt

- saddle synovial jt

- hinge synovial jt

- pivot synovial jt

- ball & socket jt

- ellipsoid synovial jt

# Examples of synovial joint -

- Shoulder jt

- Knee jt

- Elbow jt

- Hip jt

Hope this helped. Thanks for asking..