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What bone fits into a joint at the scapula?
Humerus
Articulates with the coxal bone?
The femur articulates with the coxal bone at the hip joint. This joint is a ball-and-socket joint, allowing for a wide range of movement in the hip. The femur head fits into the acetabulum of the coxal bone.
What is a hinged joint in the skeleton?
A hinged joint is a joint that has one bone that fits into another and allows a great deal of movement in one plane. For example, the elbow joint.
How do you think the ball-and-socket joint got its name?
The ball-and-socket joint is named for its structure, in which one bone has a spherical head that fits into a cup-like socket of another bone, allowing for a wide range of motion in all directions. This joint resembles a ball (head of one bone) fitting into a socket (cup-shaped cavity of another bone), hence the name.
What is the name of a joint where the head of one bone fits into the socket of another?
This type of joint is called a ball-and-socket joint. It allows for a wide range of motion in multiple directions, such as the shoulder and hip joints.
What is the acetabulofemoral?
* deep socket in the coxal bone* formed where the ilium, ischium, and pubis bones fuse* the head of the femur, the thigh bone, fits in the acetabulumAcetabulum is the area on the pelvis where the head of the femur joins the pelvis. It is a concave surface that allows for the forming of the hip joint which allows you kick your leg up.The hip has these two bowl shaped regions into which the upper femur fits. This is the hip joint. That bowl shaped region is called the acetabulum.
Is the shoulder a ball-and-socket joint?
No; the elbow has a hinge joint, but does not have a ball and socket joint.
What is the acetabelum?
The acetabelum is the hip socket. The "ball" joint of the hip fits into this socket so the leg can move properly.I think you mean Acetabulum, and it is the socket of the hip joint.
Which type of joint allows movement in all direction?
A ball and socket joint allows movement in all directions. This type of joint is formed when a bone with a rounded end fits into a socket-like structure of another bone, allowing for rotational as well as angular movements. Examples include the hip and shoulder joints.
What is the name of a jont where the head of one bone fits into the socket of another?
No.1 Head of the humerus is fixed in socket of glenoid cavity or scapula thus forming shoulder joint. No.2 Head of femur in acetabulum of hip bone forming hip joint.
Joint found in hips and shoulders?
The joint found in the hips and shoulders is called a ball-and-socket joint. This type of joint allows for greater range of motion in multiple directions, including flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation. The ball-shaped end of one bone fits into the socket-like cavity of another bone, providing stability and mobility.
What type of joint allows the shoulder to rotate?
The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, allowing for a wide range of motion including rotation. The humerus bone fits into the shallow socket of the scapula, allowing for rotation along with other movements.
