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Ball-and-socket joint

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in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. This enables the joint to move in many directions.
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is a special kind of spheroidal joint in which the socket covers the sphere beyond its equator.
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Ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone
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Knowledge articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Introduction to Joints: Synovial Joints - Ball and Socket Joints
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This article is about bone joints. For ground glass joints, see
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Examples of this form of articulation are found in the
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Index

Ball and socket joint
Ground glass joint § Ball-and-socket joints
ball joint

Condyloid joint
Saddle joint
Hinge joint
Pivot joint

shoulder
TA98
A03.0.00.050
TA2
1562
FMA
75301
Anatomical terminology
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synovial joint
hip
head of the femur
acetabulum
pelvis
shoulder joint
upper extremity of the humerus
glenoid fossa
shoulder blade
sternoclavicular joint
Hip
Shoulder

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