This occurs when the angle of a joint increases, for example the elbow when throwing a shot put. The take-off knee extends when a high-jumper takes off (the other knee is flexed). Ball and socket ...

Explores the anatomy and functions of human joints, categorizing them ... including examples such as the hinge joint of the elbow, the ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder and hip, and the ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket ... can be the load-bearing joint that carries the ...

Connective tissues consist of ligaments, cartilage and tendons. A joint is held together by ligaments which give the joints their stability. Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where ...

To permit this undulatory motion, Pettigrew had furnished the root of the wing with a ball-and-socket joint; to regulate ... once again stressing that the human physical form had altered not ...

Objectives: Controversy surrounding the long term effects of repeated impacts from heading has raised awareness among the public and the medical community. However, there is little information about ...