There are different types of joints in the body, their presence is for the connecting two joints together. Therefore there are mainly 4 types of joints in the body.
1.) Ball and socket joint
2.) Pivotal joints
3.) Hinge joints
4.) Fixed joints
1.) Ball and socket joint :
The ball and socket joint has two ends its one end having shape of cup like or socket like and other end is ball like. That is a movable joint in the body. For example: hip joint.
2.) Pivotal joint :
Pivotal joint is the one which can able to move left, right, forward, backward and rounded movement, such type of joints are called as pivotal joints. For example : Neck bones.
3.) Hinge joints :
Hinge joint is also a one major type of joint that is present in body. This joint is generally allows the movement or rotation only in single direction or way, For example : Our fingers can only move in one direction or our knees don’t have more than one direction.
4.) Fixed joint :
Fixed joints are those joints that are not allow any movement in the body, for example our skull joints are the fixed joints and they are not able to move.As given in diagram 2.