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What joint is a hindge joint?

the knee and the elbow are just 2 examples of hinge joints in the human body


What type of movable joints most like the movement of a door?

The type of movable joint that most closely resembles the movement of a door is a hinge joint. Hinge joints allow movement in one plane (like a door swinging open and closed) and are typically found in the elbow and knee.


What is the hing joint?

The hinge joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in one plane only, like a hinge on a door. Examples of hinge joints include the elbow and the knee joints. These joints allow for flexion and extension movements.


What joint type include the hip knee and elbow joints?

Hip joint (acetabulufemoral joint) is ball and socket joint (also called enarthrosis or spheroidal joint). Knee joint is compound joint because it forms by two articulations of two different types. Femural-tibia joint is condyloid joint (also called ellipsoid or angular joint). Joint between femur and patella is saddle joint (also called sellar joint). Elbow joint is Hinge joint (also called ginglymus joint).


Does the knee have the same kind of joint as the elbow?

the elbow is a hinge joint.. the knee is a hinge joint and it rotates. i m just reaching in my own mind.. so i have not looked anything up to answer this.. i do know the knee has incrediable shock absorbers called menicus in both the top and bottom of the joint.. these little disks of shock absorbing fluid take a lot more pressure than an elbow could provide.. that's my observations of those two joints..

Related Questions

Type of joint found in knee and elbow?

Hinge joint.


What are examples of the elbow and the knee?

The things on your legs, and the things on you arms!


What type of joint found in the knee and elbow?

The knee contains a hinge joint, which allows movement in one plane, similar to a door hinge. The elbow contains a hinge joint as well, enabling flexion and extension movements.


Why are menisci in the knee joint but not in the elbow?

Menisci is present in the knee as it is weight baring joint.


What joint is a hindge joint?

the knee and the elbow are just 2 examples of hinge joints in the human body


What is the type of joint at the knee and elbow?

The knee and elbow both are uniaxial joints. This type is a synovial joint that permits movement around only one axis and in only one plane. The articulating ends of the bones form a hinge-shaped unity that allows only flexion and extension.


What type of movable joints most like the movement of a door?

The type of movable joint that most closely resembles the movement of a door is a hinge joint. Hinge joints allow movement in one plane (like a door swinging open and closed) and are typically found in the elbow and knee.


What is the type of joint found in the knee and elbow?

They are hinge joints. The elbow has only one plane of motion (flexion & extension); however, the knee is considered a "modified hinge" because it has the flexion & extension as well as a rotational (pivot) component as well.


What is a diathrotic joint?

A joint that permits movement. Such as shoulder, hip, elbow, knee.


How do you use hinge joint in a sentence?

Your elbow is a hinge joint in your body, as is your knee.


What are three joints found in the human body?

knee joint, arm joint and elbow joint


What is the hing joint?

The hinge joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in one plane only, like a hinge on a door. Examples of hinge joints include the elbow and the knee joints. These joints allow for flexion and extension movements.