The hip joint is a ball and socket joint. The ankle joint is a hinge joint.
knee
The joint at your hip is called a synovial joint, meaning it is freely moveable. More specifically it is called a "ball-and-socket" joint.
feamer head and neck
The leg has a joint at the knee, one at the hip, and one at the ankle. So each leg has 3.
The five freely movable joints are, Ball & socket- Shoulder, hip hinge joint- Knee, elbow, fingers, toes, jaw gliding- wrist, ankle, vertebrae pivot- neck saddle- carpometacarpal of thumb there are actually 6 !!! there is the condyloid joint as well which is found in the wrist
shoulder elbow wrist finger thumb hip knee ankle toe
shoulder elbow wrist finger thumb hip knee ankle toe
knee
The hip joint is an example of a ball and socket joint.
It is not a separate joint it is your hip joint, the hip joint is a ball & socket joint!!!
Joint Laxity
The Knee - Hinge joint Ankle - Condyloid Hip - Ball & Socket
Primarily your Hip joint with its ball and socket, supplemented by the articulations of knee and ankle.
It is the code for a non contrast MRI of a lower joint: hip, knee, or ankle.
A Joint (I)?! Elbow, hip, knee, finger, jaw, neck, ankle A Joint (I)?!
Since joints are articulating surfaces, they are movable. Ball and socket joints are the shoulder and hip. Everything that moves is a joint of some kind...thumb, elbow, ankle, wrist, fingers, toes...
shoulder and hip