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Ball and socket.
Flavio Balistreri
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What joint allows the body to use the hips to climb the stairs?
Ball and socket:))))
Where in the body would one find a ball joint?
In the shoulder and also your hip is a ball joint. A ball joint is the most mobile joints of the human body. A ball joint allows you to use your legs and arms in a lot of different directions.
What joint allows the body to use the hips?
Ball and socket.
What type of joint allows you the body to use the hips to climb stairs?
ball and socket
What sport is the ball and socket joints used for?
your hip (coxal) joint. a ball and socket joint is one where all types of movement are possble (eg. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction ) you can do this at your hip. another ball and socet joint is your shoulder
How can a rotation joint be used in football?
Hip joint is rotation joint. You can not imagine playing foot ball without the use of this joint.
How does your femur help you move?
The femur is almost verticle and strong bone. It can bear the lot of weight. It is slightly convex anteriorly. That gives you added advantage in weight bearing. Convexity on anterior side, enable you to to tolerate the trauma from the front side in better way. There is an angle between the head neck portion and shaft of the femur. That shift the location of the femur away from the hip bone. This arrangement shifts the line of weight transmission towards side way. Then you have the ball and socket type of joint at the hip joint. That allows all types of movement across the joint. You have the knee joint to give you hinge joint. This allows for bending the knee more or less. Together with these features the femur is architectural marvel.
Is a ball and socket joint found in the body?
No, the knee is not an example of this. The knee is an example of a hinge joint along with your elbow. The hip and shoulder joints are examples of a ball and socket joint as it has movement in all directions. Your knee can only move up and down like the hinge on a door. Hence that is why it is called a hinge joint!
What causes wastage of the right hip?
Firs of all arthritis or trauma to the hip joint followed by reduction in use followed by atrophy to the surrounding muscles
What is an anatomical example of a Ball and Socket Joint?
the hip and shoulder are examples of a ball-and-socket joint.
How do you use hinge joint in a sentence?
Your elbow is a hinge joint in your body, as is your knee.
What joints are used when swimming?
§The hinge joint: permits a motion, allowing parts of the body to extend and flex. With this particular joint, one bone must be concave and the other convex to allow the most extensive range of motion. An example of a hinged joint used in swimming would be the knee.
