Hinge joint.
Yes, the knee is considered a hinge joint because of its ability to primarily move in one plane - flexion and extension - similar to the opening and closing of a hinge.
The elbow joint is a hinge joint, allowing for flexion and extension of the arm. It is formed by three bones: the humerus, radius, and ulna.
A hinge joint. Using your knee as an example of what this means: Standing up you can bend the knee so that your leg is bent behind you, but you cannt twist it or move it in any other way. This is what it is meant by only one plane of movement. Other joints such as your shoulder allow you to move your arm in many different ways meaning it has several planes of movement.
Hinge joint
because it is an hinge joint
A hinge joint is not immovable. A hinge joint has one plane of motion. A good illustration of a hinge joint is the knee joint.
Hindge joint
A hinge joint allows bones to only move back and forth a ball and socket joint joint allows your arm to move in all directions.The ball and socket joint can rotate around. The hinge joint can only move up and down. Your ankle is a b&s joint, Your leg is a hinge joint.Ball-socket-joints allow your bones to have circular movement. Your shoulder and your hip have a ball-socket-joints,but the hinge joint lets your bones move backward and forward,the way a door moves. Your elbows,knees and fingers have hinge joints
My joints help me move.
A modified hinge joint is a type of joint that has characteristics of both hinge and gliding joints, allowing flexion and extension as well as some degree of side-to-side movement. An example is the temporomandibular joint in the jaw.
No, a hinge is not an immovable joint. A hinge is a type of joint that allows movement in one direction, typically back and forth like a door swinging open and closed.