Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the type of joint after carefully reading the given clues.

  1. This joint provides movement in any direction.
  2. Its example-Shoulder joints and hip joints.

  1. Fixed joints

  2. Ball and socket joints

  3. Hinge joints

  4. Stifle joints

  5. Pivot joints
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It is correct. Ball and socket joint: One end of a bone is rounded and ball-like, and fits into a cup-like depression of the other bone. This joint provides movement in any direction. Shoulder joints and hip joints are examples. In the shoulder joint, the head of the humerus fits into a socket of the shoulder girdle. In the hip joint, the large ball-like head of the femur fits into the deep socket of the hip girdle.

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