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a joint called the hinge joint allows you to bend and straighten your knees!!:)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere are two joints which allow you to kneel down: your knee and your hip.
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∙ 8y agoThe knee joint comes under the variety called as hinge joint. It operates along one axis only like the movement of the door. The elbow joint is another example of the hinge joint.
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∙ 13y agosynovial joint
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∙ 12y agohinge
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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 joint found in the knee and elbow?
The hinge joint.
What type of joint is found at the knee?
I think it is a hinge joint.
What type of synovial joint is the knee joint?
i think it is the fixed joint
What type of joint is a knee?
Modified hinge of condyllar variety
What type of joint is the knee?
pivotal hinge joint that allows flexion, extension as well as slight medial and lateral movement.
Where in the body is the knee joint located?
The knee joint is located in the leg at the knee. It is a type of hinge joint.
What type of skeletal joint would the knee be?
The pivotal hinge joint that allows flexing, extension as well as slight medial and lateral movement.
What type of joint does the knee have?
The hinge joint.
What kind of joint is the knee?
Anatomically: pivotal hinge jointStructurally: synovial jointFunctionally: uniaxial jointThe knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest and most complicated joint in the human body.The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus (i.e. a pivotal hinge joint), which permits flexion and extension as well as a slight medial and lateral rotation.
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.
Type of joint found in knee and elbow?
Hinge joint.
What type of joint found in the knee and elbow?
The hinge joint.
What type of joint is found at the knee?
I think it is a hinge joint.
What type of joint found in the knee xy?
hinge joint
What type of synovial joint is the knee joint?
i think it is the fixed joint
What type of joint are the elbow and knee?
Hindge joint
