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What joints are in the human arm?

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There are several ways to look at this.

1) All are synovial joints
2) The shoulder is a ball and socket joint, the elbow is a hinge joint, the wrist and fingers are a combination of saddle, condyloid and plane joints.

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the socket joint and the ball pin joint are the only joints in the arm like a hinge joint.

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