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Hinge joints
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What kind of joint is the shoulder?
The shoulder joint is a ball-and-socket joint, where the rounded head of the humerus bone articulates with the shallow socket of the scapula. This joint allows for a wide range of motion in the shoulder.
What kind of joint is the mandible attached to?
The mandible is attached to the skull at the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). It allows for movements like opening and closing the mouth, chewing, and speaking.
What kind of joints are between proximal phalanges and metacarpal bones?
The joints between the proximal phalanges and metacarpal bones are known as the metacarpophalangeal joints. These joints allow for flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction of the fingers.
What kind of tissue holds bones together?
Ligaments are the type of tissue that holds bones together at the joints. Ligaments are tough, fibrous structures that connect bones and provide stability to the joint while allowing for movement.
What kind of joint is in the knee?
The knee joint is a hinge joint that allows for flexion and extension of the leg. It is formed by the articulation between the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shin bone), as well as the patella (kneecap).
What kind of bone in the hand allows it to slide freely over one another?
The carpel bones in the hand allows it to slide freely over one another.
What are the 4 kind of movable joints . Describe the type of movement each joint allows?
The four kinds of movable joints are hinge joint, ball-and-socket, pivot joint, and gliding joint.Movable joint: allows forward or backward.Ball-and-socket joint: allows the greatest range of motion.Pivot joint: allows one bone to rotate around another.Gliding joint: allows one bone to slide over another.~ A. K. =)
What kind of joint Is the top of the skull?
An immovable joint. (sutures joining the bones of the skull)
What kind of joint allows your arm to move?
ball and socket joint
What kind of joint is femur and fibula?
The femur and fibula are the names of bones. Bones are not joints; rather, joints are found where bones are connected. The joint located between the femur and fibula is called the knee joint.
What kind of joint allows you to move your arm above your head?
Your shoulder joint allows you to raise your arm above your head.
do u no Gliding joint?
This kind of joint allows bones to glide over one another and provide a slight movement. These bones have flat ends and can move from side to side as well as back and forth. The joints at the ankle and the wrist as well as the joints between the vertebrae are examples of gliding.
What kind of joint allows you to do your head circles?
Pivot.
Explain how each kind of joint makes bones move?
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What kind of joint allows to do head circles?
the fixed the fixed
What kind of joint is located at the wrist between the radius and the scaphoid bones?
Ulna
What kind of joint is slightly movable and is held together by fibrous connective tissue?
A slightly movable joint held together by fibrous connective tissue is called a syndesmosis joint. This type of joint allows for a small amount of movement between the bones it connects, such as the joints between the tibia and fibula in the lower leg.
