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ball and socket joint

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  1. Ball and socket joint

    the ball and socket joint is a joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. It enables the bone to move in many planes. An enarthrosis is a special kind of spheroidal joint in which the socket covers the sphere beyond its equator.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ball and socket joint in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ball and socket joint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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  1. Chad Hammel:

    Once we got him on the kayak we could really see what happened, and his whole clavicle's ripped open ; you could see the ball and socket joint and everything.


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  • ಚೆಂಡು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಕೆಟ್ ಜಂಟಿKannada

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