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A ball and socket joint (enarthrosis, spheroidal joint) is a joint in which the distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center.It helps the bone to move in a 360° angle.
In a ball and socket (or spheroid) joint, the ball-shaped surface of one bone fits into the cuplike depression of another.
The ball and socket joint is a movable joint, that consists of one bone that is rounded and that fits within a cuplike bone.
Movements
Movements possible are flexion-extension, abduction-adduction, rotation (triaxial) and circumduction.Examples
Examples of this form of articulation are found in the hip and shoulder.References
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