ball-and-socket joint

Meanings

• a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
• a joint that can rotate within a socket

Synonyms

• ball-and-socket joint
• spheroid joint
• cotyloid joint
• enarthrodial joint
• enarthrosis
• articulatio spheroidea

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