Question

Explain ball and socket joint.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ball-and-socket joint, also called spheroidal joint, in vertebrate anatomy, a joint in which the rounded surface of a bone moves within a depression on another bone, allowing greater freedom of movement than any other kind of joint.

Answer 2

αnswer :-

THE BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT

• A ball and socket joint allows maximum movement , as displayed by ballet dancers. One bone that ends in a ball fits into the socket of the other.

Example of ball and socket joint –

→  Hὶp joint  

→  Shoulder joint  

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More to know :-

~What are joints ?

• A joint is the meeting point of two bones held together by strong tissues called ligaments. There are several joints in our body.   All joints except those in the skull are movable. The bones in the skull are interlocked, making the joints immovable.

~The movable joints

• The bones at the joints move smoothly because of a fluid which acts lὶke a lubrὶcant. Thère arè føur types of movable joints in our body :

  1. Thè  hὶnge jøint ( Elbøw , knees, fὶngers and tøes )

  2. Thè Ball ànd Socket joint ( Hὶp ànd shøulder joints )

  3. Thè Pivot Joὶnt ( Skull ànd àtlas )

  4. Thè Glὶding Joὶnt ( Wrὶst ànd ànkle )

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