APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hinge joints are found at the elbow and knee and they only allow movement in one direction or in only one plane. For instance, human fingers, toes, elbows, knees, and ankles contain hinge joints.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hinge joint – the two bones open and close in one direction only (along one plane) like a door, such as the knee and elbow joints.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hinge joints function much like the hinge on a door, allowing bones to move in one direction back and forth with limited motion along other planes. The fingers, toes, elbows, knees, and ankles contain hinge joints. Hinge joints are complex and contain many muscles and tissues.

Detailed explanation-4: -In hinge joints, the articulating ends of the bones fit together like a hinge on a door, and movement is therefore restricted to flexion and extension, i.e. movement is only in one direction.

Detailed explanation-5: -[3][4] The hinge joints of the body include the elbow, knee, interphalangeal (IP) joints of the hand and foot and the tibiotalar joint of the ankle.