Your knee is a HINGE JOINT because this joint allows you to move your knee forward and backward in a motion. If your knee was a ball and socket joint you would not be able to to move your leg backwards.
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The hip is also.
Your shoulder and hip are both ball and socket joints.
there are actually five types of joints in the human body. the two types that are most commonly referred to are the ball and socket (hips and shoulders) and the hinged (knees and elbows). the other types of joints are: immobile joints (the joining of bones in the skull); semi-mobile joints (in the ribs and vertebra, offering limited range of motion); cartilagenous joints (the joints between the vertebra in the spinal column, cartilage between the bones allows for motion) information found at infovisual.info.
Ball and socket joints, such as the hips and shoulder joints, can move in all directions.
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.
you would move your leg in circles
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ball & socket joint , gliding joint , hinge joint
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The hip is also.
Ball Joints are pressed in... you will need a tool kit for ball joints which is about 30-40 dollars, or a real large C clamp and 2 big sockets... you just pop the old one off, if its not already off, and press the new one in.
If all your joints were ball and socket joints, you would find movement and stable posture difficult. Joints have the structures they do to facilitate many functions, including stability, protection, and movement.
There are two general types of joints, movable and immovable. Under the movable category there are four types of joints: Hinge joints: in knees and elbows Pivot joints: in neck Gliding joints: in wrists and ankles Ball-and-socket joints: in shoulders and hips
The freely moving joints include your wrists, ankles, knees, elbows, shoulders and hips. They have several classifications; pivot, ball-and-socket, gliding, hinge, ellipsoidal/condyloid, and saddle.
To do so would be a waste of money, replace the upper ball joints first, then have it aligned.
the ball joints are not serviceable.
Your shoulder and hip are both ball and socket joints.
there are actually five types of joints in the human body. the two types that are most commonly referred to are the ball and socket (hips and shoulders) and the hinged (knees and elbows). the other types of joints are: immobile joints (the joining of bones in the skull); semi-mobile joints (in the ribs and vertebra, offering limited range of motion); cartilagenous joints (the joints between the vertebra in the spinal column, cartilage between the bones allows for motion) information found at infovisual.info.