Metacarpophalangeal joints of digits 2-5 are condylar or condyloid joints. They are biaxial and move in two planes. The metacarpophalangeal joint of the first digit (thumb) is a hinge joint. They all articulate between the heads of the metacarpals and the bases of the proximal phalanges. It the joint of the knuckles.
The hip joint is a ball and socket joint. The ankle joint is a hinge joint.
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elbow joint
rubber expansion joint is a rubber and dismentaling joint is mental joint
The joint between the horse's hock and hip is called the Stifle joint.
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The hock is the joint on the hind leg of an animal that is equivalent to our heel when we stand on our tippy toes.
The ham hock is the meat from the leg joint of a pig.
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A horse's hock is located on the back legs of the horse. It is the joint that would act as a knee for the horse and is the large joint located about half way up the horse's leg. Additional information: in comparative anatomy the hock joint is equivalent to a human ankle so it bends backward instead of forward. The stifle joint in a horse actually the same as a human knee joint.
Hock (wine), a type of wine; Hock (zoology), part of an animal's leg; Ham hock, the end of a smoked ham. OR Hock; a part of a horse. A hock is a joint made up of many smaller bones. The strength of the hocks are very important as this is the most active joint in the horse hind legs. Poorly conformed hocks may make the horse susceptible to break down if the horse is worked very hard. the part on a chicken at the top of its head that is red
The hock of the cat is located between the tibia, or shin, and the talus bone, which is a bone of the paw. The cat's hock joint is comparable to a human ankle joint.
My brother and I looked up hock on Dictionary.com, and it said that it was a joint in the ankle of a horse, or a type of wine.
the pastern
The hock of a cow is the joint between the the tibia, the tarsal bones and the metatarsals. Visually, it is the joint approximately half way down the back leg of the cow that forms a sharp point facing towards the tail.
Yes. The actual foot of a chicken only has part of the ankle bones. Breeders call the area the "hock" and "hock joint". In most breed the "hock joint" is where the feathers end and the bare area starts going down to the feet. This excludes Cochins and some other breeds who have feathers down to the toes.