Matching Pairs Skeletal SystemOnline version Joints and their movements by Zaynah Elliott 1 Retraction 2 Synovial joints 3 Cartilaginous joints 4 Rotation 5 Adduction 6 Fibrous joints 7 Elevation 8 Dorsiflexion 9 Supination 10 Flexion moves a bone vertically upwards moves a part of the body towards the midline moves a bone around its axis decreases the angle of a joint moves a joint horizontally backwards connected by dense connective tissue and have no joint cavity flexes the ankle joint connected by hyaline cartilage and have no joint cavity. a fluid-filled hole that surrounds the articulating bones rotates the forearm, hand, foot, and ankle