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The hinge joint represents a moveable connection between two bones. It is special in that it moves only in one plane. That means that the two pieces can move so they are against each other or move so they are apart, just like a door opens and closes.
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Is a hinge an immovable joint?
A hinge joint is not immovable. A hinge joint has one plane of motion. A good illustration of a hinge joint is the knee joint.
Is hinge a immovable joint?
A hinge joint is not immovable. A hinge joint has one plane of motion. A good illustration of a hinge joint is the knee joint.
What type of joint are the elbow and knee?
Hindge joint
The elbow and knee are examples of?
The knee is an example of a hinge joint, not a ball-and-socket joint.
What if your elbow is an example of a hingle joint?
The elbow is a hinge joint. The largest hinge joint is in the knee.
What is the largest Hinge joint in the human body?
The largest hinge joint would be the knee. But the knee is considered a modified hinge joint because of its movement.
What type of joint located at the elbow?
The elbow joint is a hinge joint.
What type of joint found in the elbow?
It's a 'hinge' joint - it can only move in two directions (forward and back).
What kind of joint is in the knee?
The knee is a hinge joint.
What synovial joint is between the talus tibia and fibula?
talocrural joint which is a hinge joint
What type of movable joints most like the movement of a door?
A hinge joint. Ex: Elbow, knee.
What is the type of joint formed by the phalanges?
a shalingwe and Johnson joint. AFRICANS
