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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoMetacarpals are commonly known as finger bones. Carpals are the bones in the hands.
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∙ 14y agoI believe that is called the hock, but it may differ from animal to animal.
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∙ 13y agojoints in the hand connecting to the fingers (phalangeals)
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∙ 15y agoThe knuckles
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∙ 12y agoEllipsoid joints
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∙ 15y agoKNUCKLE
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What is the name of the knuckle joint?
The interphalangeal joints in the fingers are synovial hinge joints. The thumb metacarpal is a saddle joint. The metacarpo-phalangeal joints are synovial ellipsoid joints.
What kind of joint is found in the hip and the ankle?
The hip joint is a ball and socket joint. The ankle joint is a hinge joint.
What kind of joint is found at the shoulder?
The shoulder is classified as a ball-and-socket joint.
What kind of joint is the TMJ?
It is a combination of two types of joints: a ginglymus (hinge joint) and an arthrodial (gliding) joint.
What kind of joint is a shoulder a example of?
ball and socket
What is the name of the knuckle joint?
The interphalangeal joints in the fingers are synovial hinge joints. The thumb metacarpal is a saddle joint. The metacarpo-phalangeal joints are synovial ellipsoid joints.
What kind of joint is a immovable joint?
an immoable is a fixed joint such as in the skull like a sutches. some kind of joint that doesnt move.
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synovial
What kind of joint is in the toe?
hinge joint
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aphiarthrosis
What kind of joint the the toe?
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What kind of joint is the acetabulofemoral?
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What kind of joint is your wrist?
your wrist is an ellipsoid joint
A shoulder is what kind of joint?
A ball and socket joint.
What kind of joint is your shooulder?
Ball and socket joint
Pubic symphysis what kind of joint?
Fibrocartiliginous joint
What kind joint is a shoulder?
A ball and socket joint.
