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The knee joints and ankle joints are less typical, as they allow a slight degree of rotation or of side-to-side movement in certain positions of the limb. The knee is the largest hinge joint in the human body. Hinge and pivot joints are both types of synovial joint. A hinge joint can be considered a modified sellar/saddle joint, with reduced ...
Hinge joints: elbow (between the humerus and the ulna) These joints act as a door hinge does, allowing flexion and extension in just one plane, i.e. uniaxial. Pivot joints: atlanto-axial joint, proximal radioulnar joint, and distal radioulnar joint: One bone rotates about another Condyloid joints (or ellipsoidal joints) wrist joint (radiocarpal ...
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In animal anatomy, a pivot joint (trochoid joint, rotary joint or lateral ginglymus) is a type of synovial joint whose movement axis is parallel to the long axis of the proximal bone, which typically has a convex articular surface.
The knee is a modified hinge joint, a type of synovial joint, which is composed of three functional compartments: the patellofemoral articulation, consisting of the patella, or "kneecap", and the patellar groove on the front of the femur through which it slides; and the medial and lateral tibiofemoral articulations linking the femur, or thigh bone, with the tibia, the main bone of the lower ...
Joint is derived from Latin iunctus, [21] past participle of the Latin verb iungere, join, unite, connect, attach. [22] The English term articulation is derived from Latin articulatio. [21] Humans have also developed lighter, more fragile joint bones over time due to the decrease in physical activity compared to thousands of years ago. [23]
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All interphalangeal joints are ginglymoid (hinge) joints, and each has a plantar (underside) and two collateral ligaments. In the arrangement of these ligaments, extensor tendons supply the places of dorsal ligaments, which is similar to that in the metatarsophalangeal articulations .