Question

what is ball and socket joint ?​

Answer 1

Ball and socket joints are joints having movements in all directions. There is a cup like cavity in a bone and other bone's head is fixed in the cavity like bone. Shoulder joint and hip joint is the ball and socket joints.

Explanation:

They are also known as freely movable joints. In these type of joints the adjacent ends of the bones are covered with hyaline cartilage and are surrounded by a fibrous articular capsule , which is strengthened by ligaments.

☆ It is type of synovial joint and synovial joint is further classified into

1. saddle joint
2. Ball and socket joint
3. Hinge joint
4. condyloid joint
5. pivot joint

Answer 2

What are a ball and socket joint?​

• The ball and attachment joint (or spheroid joint) is a sort of synovial joint where the ball-molded surface of one adjusted bone squeezes into the cup-like despondency of another bone.
• The distal bone is fit for movement around an endless number of tomahawks, which have one normal community.
• This empowers the joint to move in numerous bearings.  An enarthrosis is a unique sort of spheroidal joint where the attachment covers the circle past its equator.