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They are like hinges; the elbow and knee joints are like hinges because they open like doors. You could say they are like levers because they pull the muscle up like a lever.
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How are joints smooth operators?
Joints are like smooth operators because they are dumb
What are that two kinds of joints in the body?
There are two general types of joints, movable and immovable. Under the movable category there are four types of joints: Hinge joints: in knees and elbows Pivot joints: in neck Gliding joints: in wrists and ankles Ball-and-socket joints: in shoulders and hips
What is the difference between fixed slightly moveable joints and synovial joints?
Fixed Joint is like your Cranium (head) as it doesnt move. Slightly Moveable is like your Spine (Cartliginous) as it moves slightly Synovial (Freely Moveable) Joints are all your other joints like your shoulder/knee/elbow/hip.... They consist of 4 Main Types Ball & Socket/ Hinge/ Pivot and Gliding
What movement can immovable joints do?
Immovable joints, also known as synarthroses, cannot move. These joints are characterized by a lack of joint cavity and dense connective tissue binding the bones together. The most common examples of immovable joints are the sutures in the skull, which allow for the growth of the skull during childhood but fuse and become immobile in adulthood.
Which has greater mobility hip joints shoulder joints elbow joints knee joints or wrist joints?
knee joints because they help you walk
Which body parts act as fulcrums of levers?
Joints
What are the three joints that act as fulcrums for the levers in the body?
ball and socket joint, sliding/gliding joint, and hinge joints
What part of the body act as levers?
neck joint, elbow, shoulder , lumbar4&5, base of finger joints , toes joints to foot.
Do African American athletes have an extra muscle or ligament?
No, but many African Americans have different attachment locations for their muscles. Think of your skeleton and its joints as levers, and if you have different types of levers, some are designed for strength and others for speed.
What body parts act as the fulcrums of levers?
There are a number of body parts that act as the fulcrums of levers. The most obvious ones are the elbow and knee joints.
What type of movement happens in the skeletal muscles?
The skeletal muscles all contract producing movement using bones a levers. There are many different types all depending on the joints between the bones. There are hinge joint like the one at the elbow, ball and socket joints at the hip and shoulder and many more.
How do force and torque work in the human body?
Muscles produce forces by contacting their length. Forces can be turned into torques through the action of joints as pivots and bones as levers.
Types of joint movements?
There are hinge joints like the knee and elbow, then there are ball and socket joints like the shoulder and hip joints.
Is their a lever on a bike?
Yes. A bike will have several levers. The crank arms are levers, the brake levers are levers, the shifters are levers, the handle bar is a lever.
What do the side seat levers on the front seats do in a Mercedes 300TD wagon?
My guess is that the levers are used to recline the seatbacks like they do in my father's Chrysler Sebring.
Do cars have levers?
yes They do have levers
What would it be like without the use of levers?
Difficult, levers are essential in life. Mostly everything we use uses levers such as our body, airplanes, lifting things, scissiors, nutcrackers etc. Some things require levers and they would not be possible without them. Hope that helped :)
