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Is there a third ball and socket joint besides hip and shoulder?

the knee


Is the hinge joint in the hand and wrist?

No, the Ball and socket joint is in the hand and wrist. An example of a hinge joint is the knee.


The knees and hips are similar to the arms and shoulders which represents the hinge joint and which represents the ball and socket joint?

Hinge: Knee and Elbow Ball and Socket: Hip and Shoulder


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

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


What joint are find in knees and shoulders?

The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, in which the ball at the end of the humerus attaches to the socket in the scapula, while the knee is a plane joint, where the patella slides above the femur, tibia, and fibula.


Which joint is responsible for a perfect football pass?

The Knee - Hinge joint Ankle - Condyloid Hip - Ball & Socket


What is an anatomical example of a Ball and Socket Joint?

The hip joint is an example of a ball and socket joint in the human body. The rounded head of the femur (thigh bone) fits into the cup-shaped socket of the acetabulum in the pelvis, allowing for a wide range of movement. This joint provides stability and mobility for activities like walking, running, and jumping.


What joints allow you to move?

Primarily your Hip joint with its ball and socket, supplemented by the articulations of knee and ankle.


What is the most freely movable joint in the body?

fingers


Is a ball and socket joint found in the body?

No, the knee is not an example of this. The knee is an example of a hinge joint along with your elbow. The hip and shoulder joints are examples of a ball and socket joint as it has movement in all directions. Your knee can only move up and down like the hinge on a door. Hence that is why it is called a hinge joint!


What is the joint above and below the knee?

It is not a separate joint it is your hip joint, the hip joint is a ball & socket joint!!!


Which of joint allows movement in all directions?

the ball-and-socket joint