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A hinge joint is very similar to a real hinge that you would find holding up a door. The hinge is designed to allow two pieces to move relative to each other while they share one edge. That allows them to move their far ends closer together or further apart.
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Is a hinge an immovable joint?
A hinge joint is not immovable. A hinge joint has one plane of motion. A good illustration of a hinge joint is the knee joint.
Is hinge a immovable joint?
A hinge joint is not immovable. A hinge joint has one plane of motion. A good illustration of a hinge joint is the knee joint.
What type of joint are the elbow and knee?
Hindge joint
The elbow and knee are examples of?
The knee is an example of a hinge joint, not a ball-and-socket joint.
The knees and hips are similar to the arms and shoulders which represents the hinge joint and which represents the ball and socket joint?
Hinge: Knee and Elbow Ball and Socket: Hip and Shoulder
What if your elbow is an example of a hingle joint?
The elbow is a hinge joint. The largest hinge joint is in the knee.
What is the largest Hinge joint in the human body?
The largest hinge joint would be the knee. But the knee is considered a modified hinge joint because of its movement.
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 kind of joint is in the knee?
The knee is a hinge joint.
What synovial joint is between the talus tibia and fibula?
talocrural joint which is a hinge joint
What type of movable joints most like the movement of a door?
A hinge joint. Ex: Elbow, knee.
