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The type joint that allows the greatest degree of movement is the joint?
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∙ 13y ago
The ball-and-socket joint allows the greatest amount of movement, like the shoulder or hip.
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This type of joint allows side to side movement and up and down movement?
There are six joints that have movement. The plvotal joint is what allows up and down movement.
What motion occurs in the thumb?
This is a saddle joint which allows movement in two planes instead of one. It allows the thumb to cross the palm of the hand. This joint allows biaxial movement. This allows movement in the frontal and sagittal planes.
What movement does the shoulder joint allow?
The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, which is the type that allows the greatest range of movement. it allows the arm to move forward and backward (as when you swing your arms while walking); abduction and adduction (as in jumping jacks); and many intermediate movements.
Is the synovial ball in socket a amphiarthrodial joint?
No. An amphiarthrodial joint is a cartilaginous joint that allows minimal movement in a lot of different planes. The ball-in-socket joint is a triaxial synovial joint that allows movement in all three planes around all three axis.
Does the hip joint allow a greater freedom of movement than the shoulder joint?
No. The shoulder joint is a ball socket. This allows the arms to move 360°. On the other hand, the hip can only swivel and rotate in place.
What joint allows the greatest degree of movement?
Ball and socket joint, I believe
Which type of joint allows the greatest rang of movement?
ball and socket
Which type off joint allows the greatest range of movement?
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This type of joint allows side to side movement and up and down movement?
There are six joints that have movement. The plvotal joint is what allows up and down movement.
What are the 4 kind of movable joints . Describe the type of movement each joint allows?
The four kinds of movable joints are hinge joint, ball-and-socket, pivot joint, and gliding joint.Movable joint: allows forward or backward.Ball-and-socket joint: allows the greatest range of motion.Pivot joint: allows one bone to rotate around another.Gliding joint: allows one bone to slide over another.~ A. K. =)
What motion occurs in the thumb?
This is a saddle joint which allows movement in two planes instead of one. It allows the thumb to cross the palm of the hand. This joint allows biaxial movement. This allows movement in the frontal and sagittal planes.
What does the synovial joint allow for?
This joint allows movement in many planes.
What is a fibrous joint that allows little to no movement?
A fibrous joint that allows no or little movement are called as Fixed joints or Immovable joints For e.g Sutures in the skull, peg and socket joint of the teeth or syndesmosis between the lower ends of tibia and fibula
What type of joint allows movement up and down?
Ball and socket joint
A joint allows the body to make a wide range of movements?
A joint connects to bones and allows a range of movement that depends on what type of joint it is.
What movement does the shoulder joint allow?
The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, which is the type that allows the greatest range of movement. it allows the arm to move forward and backward (as when you swing your arms while walking); abduction and adduction (as in jumping jacks); and many intermediate movements.
Type of joint that allows little or no movement?
Toes
