Ball-And-Socket Joint
nounid
17378·updated May 18, 2026verified
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
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Variants
- synonym
- articulatio spheroideacotyloid jointenarthrodial jointenarthrosisspheroid joint
- plural
- Ball-And-Socket Joints
- possessive
- Ball-And-Socket Joint's
- pluralpossessive
- Ball-And-Socket Joints'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a joint that can rotate within a socket
- §2
- a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
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