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The knees, toes, and fingers are all hinge synovial joints.

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How does a hinge joint facilitate movement in the human body?

A hinge joint in the human body allows for movement by enabling bending and straightening motions in one direction, similar to a door hinge. This type of joint is found in the elbows, knees, and fingers, providing stability and range of motion for activities like walking, grabbing objects, and bending the arms.


What is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint?

Flexion is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint


What bone is found in your knees and elbows?

A previous wiki answer from Gerry Sutton.They are hinge joints. The elbow has only one plane of motion (flexion & extension); however, the knee is considered a "modified hinge" because it has the flexion & extension as well as a rotational (pivot) component as wellRead more: What_type_of_joint_is_found_in_the_knee_and_elbow


What makes a joint a distal interphalangeal joint?

A distal interphalangeal joint is a type of synovial hinge joint found in the fingers and toes, connecting the distal phalanges together. It allows for flexion and extension movements, helping to control the fine movements of the fingers and toes.


Type of joints used in squats?

The knees are the joints involved in squatting and squatting exercises. The knees are bent as the body lowers, and extended when you return to the standing position.In a "squat thrust" the body is bent over, knees halfway bent, and the legs are quickly extended outward, unbending the knees and moving the feet away from the body. Then the legs are pulled back in to the starting position.In a "squat press" (typically using light barbells) the knees are bent and then straightened and as the body becomes erect, the arms (holding weights with elbows bent) are used to lift (press) small weights above the head, fully extending the arms.

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What type of joint is in an elbows?

Hinge joint .


What type of joint is elbows?

Hinge joint .


How does a hinge joint facilitate movement in the human body?

A hinge joint in the human body allows for movement by enabling bending and straightening motions in one direction, similar to a door hinge. This type of joint is found in the elbows, knees, and fingers, providing stability and range of motion for activities like walking, grabbing objects, and bending the arms.


Which type of joint is most numerous in the body?

The most numerous type of joint in the body is the synovial joint. These joints are found in areas like the knees, elbows, and shoulders, allowing for a wide range of motion due to their fluid-filled cavity and surrounding capsule.


What is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint?

Flexion is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint


What type of joint of knees?

The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus joint (a pivotal hinge joint).


What type of joint of fingers?

Hinge


A joint that only allows forward and backward motion?

Hinges joints only allow movement in two directions, which are forward and backward. Knees and elbows are examples of hinge joints.


Describe the type of movement that is possible to knees joint?

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What type of joint allows a piano players fingers to play music?

The type of joint that allows a piano playes fingers to play music are gliding joints.


The most numerous and moveable joint in our body?

Two joints which are major contenders for "biggest joint" when you take a first glance at the human skeleton, are the hip joint and the knee joint. At first, the HIP looks really big compared to the knee, but when you actually look at the part of the hip that is really considered to be the joint and compare that to the part of the knee that is really considered the joint, you can see that the knee joint is bigger (the place where the bones meet/articulate). So, the knee joint is the biggest joint in the body.


Which type of joint would be most affected by Lyme disease?

The most affected joints would be the larger joints. Examples: the shoulder, the knees, elbows, and sometimes the hips.In my case, my hips, knees and wrists are the main ones, yet every joint is affected just not as much as thoseJoint inflammation in the knees and other large joints.Lyme arthritis usually affects the knees. In a minority of patients arthritis can occur in other joints, including the ankles, elbows, wrist, hips, and shoulders. Pain is often mild or moderate, usually with swelling at the involved joint. Baker's cysts may form and rupture. In some cases joint erosion occurs.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000625.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease