MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The shoulder and wrist joint belong to the category of ball and socket joint. It is a type of synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone.

Detailed explanation-2: -The glenohumeral joint, or shoulder joint, is a ball-and-socket type joint. The “ball” is the top, rounded part of the humerus, and the “socket” is the bowl-shaped part of the scapula, called the glenoid, into which the ball fits.

Detailed explanation-3: -The shoulder and hip joints are the only ball-and-socket joints in the human body due to the need for great motion at the end of the body’s limbs and the vast amount of musculature needed to move and support such flexible joints.

Detailed explanation-4: -A ball and socket joint is a movable joint where one bone is hooked into the hollow space of another bone. It allows movement in all directions. Example: shoulder joints.