The acromioclavicular joint is a planar joint sometimes referred to as a gliding joint. Gliding joints allow for a limited range of motion and do not rotate. The scapula permits a range of motion ...

Ball-and-socket joints in the shoulder and hip allow those appendages to rotate as well as swing backward and forward. Gliding joints in the spine and wrists are flexible, giving those areas of ...

Examples of synovial joint types include ball and socket, hinge, pivot, gliding, saddle, and condyloid. Each joint type allows motion in a specific number of planes, and the joint type and ...

Forelimb mobility required by gliding occurs at the acromion–clavicle and glenohumeral joints, is different from and convergent to the shoulder mobility at the pivotal clavicle–sternal joint ...