HyperDic: cotyloid_joint

English > 1 sense of the expression cotyloid joint:
NOUNbodycotyloid joint, ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroideaa freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
English > cotyloid joint: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone.
Synonymsball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea
Narrowerhip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxaeThe ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeriA ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
Broadersynovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosisA joint so articulated as to move freely
Spanisharticulación cotiloidea, articulatio spheroidea
Catalanarticulatio spheroidea, enartrosi

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