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Pivot Joint

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Noun

1. articulatio trochoidea, pivot joint, rotary joint, rotatory joint

a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation

Example Sentences:
'the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pivot Joint

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noun
anatomy
a freely moving joint that moves by rotating
pivot joints, like the joints which allow the head and hand to turn

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Pivot Joint

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n.
A joint in which a section of a cylinder of one bone fits into a corresponding cavity on the other, permitting rotating movement, as in the proximal articulation between the radius and ulna. Also called rotary joint, trochoid joint.

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