Needed for a science paper. It says it can be either a ball-and-socket joint, a fixed joint, a hinge joint, a pivot joint, or a gliding joint. What is it?
2007-02-07 10:11:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
It is a hinge joint, because you can only move your finger in a bending way.
2007-02-07 13:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jakson Young 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best answer is wrong, it is not a hinge joint. The finger is a gliding joint, because it can go up and down, but it can also move side to side, even if a little bit. This declassifies it as a hinge joint, because hinge joints can t go side to side, only up and down. The finger fits all the parameters of a gliding joint, and not a hinge joint. KNOW YOUR FACTS PEOPLE!
2015-06-02 09:46:05 · answer #2 · answered by Locke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In wood working, a finger joint would be a fixed joint. It's a way of joining pieces of wood together often used in molding and trim pieces.
2007-02-07 12:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which finger joint (between the bones, or between the finger/hand)?
The distal joints are hinges.
2007-02-07 10:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by ckm1956 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hinge joint i believe
2007-02-07 10:18:15 · answer #5 · answered by Gillotine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're called Knuckles
2007-02-07 10:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by 4-real 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's gliding.
2007-02-07 10:17:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋