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The shoulder joint is one of synovial (means a joint which is covered by a membrane named synovial) joints this means it allows movement freely unlike other joints such as suture lines of your skull. It's also called ball and socket type of joint means the head of humerus ( a bone of your arm) is inside a large cavity of your scapula ( a bone of your shoulder).

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