Your new hip is a ball and socket joint where the thigh bone (femur) meets the pelvis. A healthy hip has layers of smooth cartilage that covers the ball-shaped end of the femur and socket-part of the ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...

You see, in the shoulder, there are two distinct joints: The glenohumeral joint (ball and socket joint of the shoulder) as well as the acromioclavicular joint (the joint between the scapula ...

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 ...

Hip dysplasia is when the ball and socket of your hip joint don’t fit together as they should. Usually, the ball-shaped end of your upper thigh bone (femur) fits neatly into a socket in your pelvis ...

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. They can also fly sideways, forwards, and upside down. Image: Pexels ...

The rotator cuff is a group of 4 muscles and tendons that surround the ball and socket joint of the shoulder and allow us to ...