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The movement permitted by a hinge joint is extension (opening) or flexion (closing). The elbow is a hinge joint. When you "flex your muscle", you preform a flexion movement (closing). The opposite is extension as in handing a cup to someone..
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What type of joint that permits movement in one plane?
A hinge joint. Using your knee as an example of what this means: Standing up you can bend the knee so that your leg is bent behind you, but you cannt twist it or move it in any other way. This is what it is meant by only one plane of movement. Other joints such as your shoulder allow you to move your arm in many different ways meaning it has several planes of movement.
What type of joint is a knee?
Modified hinge of condyllar variety
What type of joint located at the elbow?
The elbow joint is a hinge joint.
What type of joint is the elbow joint?
Elbow joint consists of three joints:Joint between trochlea of Humerus and Ulna is hinge joint (ginglymus joint).Joint between capitulum of humerus and head of radius is also a hinge joint.Joint between Upper ends of radius and ulna is pivot joint.
Which type of joint allows your knee to bend?
a joint called the hinge joint allows you to bend and straighten your knees!!:)
What type of movement is possible at the hinge joint between the tibia and the talus bone?
Hinge type of joint allowsflex-ionandextent-iontypes of movement. Tibia and Talus forming hinge joint they allow above type of movement.
What type of movable joints most like the movement of a door?
A hinge joint. Ex: Elbow, knee.
What type of joint is the knee?
pivotal hinge joint that allows flexion, extension as well as slight medial and lateral movement.
What type of joint that permits movement in one plane?
A hinge joint. Using your knee as an example of what this means: Standing up you can bend the knee so that your leg is bent behind you, but you cannt twist it or move it in any other way. This is what it is meant by only one plane of movement. Other joints such as your shoulder allow you to move your arm in many different ways meaning it has several planes of movement.
What type of joint are the elbow and knee?
Hindge joint
What type of joint is a knee?
Modified hinge of condyllar variety
What type of joint located at the elbow?
The elbow joint is a hinge joint.
What type of joint found in the elbow?
It's a 'hinge' joint - it can only move in two directions (forward and back).
What type of joint does the knee have?
The hinge joint.
What type of joint is in an elbows?
Hinge joint .
What type of joint is elbows?
Hinge joint .
What type of joint is the elbow joint?
Elbow joint consists of three joints:Joint between trochlea of Humerus and Ulna is hinge joint (ginglymus joint).Joint between capitulum of humerus and head of radius is also a hinge joint.Joint between Upper ends of radius and ulna is pivot joint.
