It's basically a 'ball and socket' joint. - think along the lines of holding a tennis ball in your hand. The shoulder joint itself is the socket and the end of the arm is the ball. Muscles hold the joint in place - while allowing it to move.
Ball and socket joints, such as the hips and shoulder joints, can move in all directions.
Ball and socket joints, such as the hips and shoulder joints, can move in all directions.
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The hip is also.
Well there hinge joints such as the jaw joint and ball and sock joints such as the hip joint or shoulder joint. Ball and socket joints allow the hinged appendage to move in many more directions than a hinge.
The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, allowing a wide range of motion. The joints between the skull plates are fibrous joints known as sutures, which are immovable joints that provide strength and support to the skull.
Ball and socket joint.
Joint Laxity
Ball and socket joints, such as the hips and shoulder joints, can move in all directions.
elbow, wrist, shoulder, knee
Ball and socket joints, such as the hips and shoulder joints, can move in all directions.
Its main function is to allow mobility between the main body and the arm.so you can move your arm
You have ball and socket type of joints, in the both shoulder and hip joints.
There are joints that move back and forth ( elbow ) and other joints that move in a circle ( hip, ankle, shoulder. )
4: the shoulder joints and the hip joints.
The shoulder and hip joints.
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.)
Hip and shoulder are both Ball and Socket Joints