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What type of joint is at the wrist and ankle?
gliding joints
What is the joint between the trapezium and the metacarpal?
saddle joint
What kind of joint is your wrist?
your wrist is an ellipsoid joint
What type of joint is the wrist?
The Condyloid joint
What type of movement does the saddle joint allow?
The saddle joint is unique to humans and is located at the base of each thumb. It allows the thumb to touch the pinky finger by crossing over the palm of the hand. This allows humans to produce fine movements including sewing, writing, portrait painting, and anything other type of movement where the hand grasps a tool or the object itself as in pottery or peeling an orange.
Where else is the saddle joint located?
your wrists are examples of saddle joints
What joint dose your wrist make?
your wrist makes a gliding joint.
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 kind of joint is in the wrist?
None. Because the wrist is the joint of the arm and the hand.
What are the different of type of joints?
the different types of joints in the body include: HINGE JOINT - examples include elbow, and knee BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS - examples include shoulder and hip GLIDING JOINT- example foot and wrist SADDLE JOINT - example THUMB CONDYLOID JOINT- head and fingers
What type of joint is your wrist joint?
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What type of joint is the saddle joint?
thumb
