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Both the hip and shoulder joints are referred to as ball and socket joints.

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Where can you find ball and socket joint?

hip joint and shoulder joint


What is the joint that is in the shoulder and hip?

You have ball and socket type of joints, in the both shoulder and hip joints.


What type of joint is the ball and socket joint?

Shoulder or Hip


Where can you find ball and socket?

hip joint and shoulder joint


What type of bone is the hip bone?

The hip joint is a ball and socket joint just like you shoulder!


What type of socket is the hip bone?

The hip joint is a ball and socket joint just like you shoulder!


A fibrous joint that is peg in socket is what kind of joint?

shoulder and hip


A free movable joint?

Ball and socket joint, such as the shoulder and the hip


Which joint allows for multiaxial movement?

Ball-and-Socket Joints. Smooth, hemispherical head fits within a cuplike socket. Only mutiaxial joints in the body are the shoulder joint - head of humerus into glenoid cavity of scapula and the hip joint - head of femur into acetabulum of hip bone.


Where is the ball and socket joint located?

Hip, the ball is attached to the end of your femur and the socket is part of the pelvis


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 is a diathrotic joint?

A joint that permits movement. Such as shoulder, hip, elbow, knee.