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The acetabulofemoral joint is a ball-and-socket joint.
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What is the joint above and below the knee?
It is not a separate joint it is your hip joint, the hip joint is a ball & socket joint!!!
What is the acetabulofemoral?
* deep socket in the coxal bone* formed where the ilium, ischium, and pubis bones fuse* the head of the femur, the thigh bone, fits in the acetabulumAcetabulum is the area on the pelvis where the head of the femur joins the pelvis. It is a concave surface that allows for the forming of the hip joint which allows you kick your leg up.The hip has these two bowl shaped regions into which the upper femur fits. This is the hip joint. That bowl shaped region is called the acetabulum.
What kind of joint is the shoulder?
A ball and socket joint.
What kind of joint is in the knee?
The knee is a hinge joint.
What kind of joint is the mandible attached to?
Its is simply a hinge joint.
Why does hip joint referred to as the acetabulofemoral joint?
Because hip joint is articulation between acetabulum (concavity on lateral surface of hip bone) and femur (thigh bone).
The hip socket is known as the what?
'The hip socket is a ball-and-socket joint medically known as the acetabulofemoral joint. The hip socket supports the weight of the human body in both static and dynamic motions. It is one of the strongest - if not the strongest - joint in the human body.
What is the joint above and below the knee?
It is not a separate joint it is your hip joint, the hip joint is a ball & socket joint!!!
What is the acetabulofemoral?
* deep socket in the coxal bone* formed where the ilium, ischium, and pubis bones fuse* the head of the femur, the thigh bone, fits in the acetabulumAcetabulum is the area on the pelvis where the head of the femur joins the pelvis. It is a concave surface that allows for the forming of the hip joint which allows you kick your leg up.The hip has these two bowl shaped regions into which the upper femur fits. This is the hip joint. That bowl shaped region is called the acetabulum.
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.
What kind of joint is a knee joint?
synovial
What kind of joint is in the toe?
hinge joint
What kind of joint the the toe?
hinge joint
What kind of joint is the intervertebral joint?
aphiarthrosis
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
