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What is the difference between elbow and wrist joints?
the joint which joins palm with hand is wrist and elbow is the hinge joint in middle of the hand.
Hand is to wrist as door is to what?
Hinge
Why is the ellipsoid joint in your wrists an advantage over a simple hinge joint?
The ellipsoid joint in the wrist allows for movement in multiple directions, including flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and circumduction. This provides a wider range of motion compared to a simple hinge joint, allowing for more flexibility and dexterity in hand and wrist movements.
What is the type of joint found at the hand called?
The bones of the hand are the carpals (wrist bones), metacarpals (bones under the palm), and phalanges (finger bones). Part of the wrist would include the radius if you consider the wrist part of the hand. The carpals, by name, are the trapezoid, scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, capitate, trapezium, and hamate. The three distinct phalanges are the proximal, middle, and distal phalanges.PhalangesCarpalMetacarpalsare the bones in your hands
What kind of joint is in the wrist?
None. Because the wrist is the joint of the arm and the hand.
What joint moves the hand at the elbow?
The Hinge
What is the name of a hinge joint in the hand and foot?
The name of a hinge joint in the hand is the interphalangeal joint, found between the phalanges of the fingers. In the foot, the hinge joint is called the interphalangeal joint of the toes, connecting the phalanges.
What joint allows you to flex and extend your arms?
There is (mainly, in terms of movement) a ball-and-socket joint in the shoulder; a hinge joint in the elbow; and various joints inside the wrist which work together at different bones.
How are the knee and wrist joints similar-?
The knee is both a hinge and pivot joint. The wrist is a condyloid joint. Although they are both joints in our body, the knee and wrist are different types of joints.
What are the main six joints in the human body?
The five freely movable joints are, Ball & socket- Shoulder, hip hinge joint- Knee, elbow, fingers, toes, jaw gliding- wrist, ankle, vertebrae pivot- neck saddle- carpometacarpal of thumb there are actually 6 !!! there is the condyloid joint as well which is found in the wrist
What is the joint between the arm and the hand?
the wrist
What is the comparison of the motion of a hinge joint to that of a pivot joint?
A hinge point opens or closes in one angle direction only. A pivot joint could angle in several different directions.A hinge in your home can be found at the door. When a person opens or closes the door, that is the motion of a hinge. A hinge joint in the body is the same way. You find a hinge joint in the elbow, the knee, and the lower jaw.A pivot joint is found between the first two vertebrae in the neck and allows you to shake your head "no" or look to the left or right. Another pivot joint is found in the wrist. When you turn your hand up to to accept a coin, you are using a pivot joint.
