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What describes the shoulder joint?

Ball and socket


Which joint is the clavicle part of?

The clavicle is part of the shoulder joint, also known as the acromioclavicular joint. It connects the scapula (shoulder blade) to the sternum (breastbone) and allows for the range of motion in the shoulder.


What attaches the shoulder to the sternum?

The clavicle. This bone is normally not consideredto be part of the shoulder an instead a part of the thorax, which is also true. The reason it is part of the shoulder is that it joint part of the scapula to form the soked of the glenohumeral joint.


What joint is your shoulder?

Your shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint.


What is shoulder joint?

Your shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint.


What part of the skeleton is a ball and socket joint?

The hip bone and the shoulder bone its the knee bone joint


Where are your shoulder muscles located in the human body?

The shoulder muscles are located in the upper part of the human body, around the shoulder joint and upper arm.


Is your shoulder a pivot joint?

No. The shoulder is a ball and socket joint and not a pivot joint.


The tip of the shoulder is what of the scapula?

What people call the tip of the shoulder is the boney prominence that forms the upper part of the shoulder joint. This is a piece of bone that is part of the shoulder blade and called the acromion.


What is labroplasty?

Labroplasty is surgical repair of the labrum, part of the soft tissue in your shoulder joint.


The correct name for the shoulder joint?

There are two joints in the shoulder - the 'main one' that joints the bone of the arm (humerus) to the shoulder blade (scapula) is called the glenohumeral joint. A smaller joint connects the shoulder blade with the collar bone (clavicle). This is called the acromioclavicular joint.


What kind of joint is found at the shoulder?

The shoulder is classified as a ball-and-socket joint.