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Why is the ball and socket joints are called ball And socket joint?
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∙ 9y ago
Because that's what they look like.
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What movable joints are joints?
ball-and-socket joints
Which type of joints allow for the most movement?
I think it's your elbow.
What is the joint connecting the waist to the leg called?
the ball and socket joint, also known as the hip joints.
What would happen if the joint between your arm and shoulder was not a ball and socket joint?
If the joint between your arm and shoulder was not a ball and socket joint, you could not be able to move your arm. Ball and socket joints allow you to move in most directions. Because of this, you can move your arm up, down, side to side, front and back, and around in a circle. The ball and socket joint is one of the four major kinds of movable joints. (The four major joints are ball and socket joints, gliding joints, hinge joints, and pivotal joints in case you didn't know.)
Types of joints in human body?
Ball and socket joint,hinged joint,immovable joints,cartilagenous joints,semi mobile joints.
What type of joint is the shoulder?
Shoulder and Hip Joints are both ball and socket joints.. :) :D xThe Shoulder joint is also called the glenohumeral joint ... and is the most freely movable joint in the human body.
What joint allows you to move your arm in a circle?
A ball and socket joint allows the arms to move in a circular motion. A ball and socket joint is also called an spheroidal joint.
What movable joints are joints?
ball-and-socket joints
What kind of joints allows you to do arm circles?
socket and ball
Which type of joints allow for the most movement?
I think it's your elbow.
What are 4 types of movable joints in the skeleton?
The four movable joints are- 1. Ball and Socket joint(between humerus and pectoral girdle) 2. Hinge joint(Knee joint) 3. Pivot joint(between atlas and axis) 4. Gliding joint(between carpals).The four kinds of movable joints are hinge joint, ball-and-socket joint, pivot joint ,and gliding joint.~ A. K. =)four types of movable joints are hinge joint , ball-and-socket joint , pivot joint , and gliding joint.Ball-and-socket, Hinge, Pivot, and Gliding joints.The four types of the movable joints are the ball and socket joint, hinge joint, pivot joint, and gliding joint.
What is the joint connecting the waist to the leg called?
the ball and socket joint, also known as the hip joints.
Are most joints in the human body synovial joints or ball and socket joints?
A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint. Synovial joints are the most common in the human body.
What are the joints in your body?
The joints in our body is Pivot joint,Hinge joint,Gliding joints and Ball-and-Socket joint.
What is the most freely movable joint in the body?
fingers
What is a ball-and-socket joint for?
Ball-and-socket joints allow a wider range of motion than hinge joints.
Which joints that permit the widest range of movement?
ball -and-socket joints. Of all the joints, in our bodies, these permit the widest range of movements.
