ANATOMY
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT TISSUE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Knee
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Shoulder
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Ankle
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Hip
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Detailed explanation-1: -The hip joint (see the image below) is a ball-and-socket synovial joint: the ball is the femoral head, and the socket is the acetabulum. The hip joint is the articulation of the pelvis with the femur, which connects the axial skeleton with the lower extremity.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint that allows motion and gives stability needed to bear body weight. The socket area (acetabulum) is inside the pelvis. The ball part of this joint is the top of the thighbone (femur).
Detailed explanation-3: -The pelvis joints include the pubic symphysis and the lumbosacral, sacroiliac, and sacrococcygeal joints. The bony pelvis also articulates with the lower limb via the acetabulofemoral, or hip, joint on its lateral aspect.
Detailed explanation-4: -So, the correct answer is ‘ball and socket joint’