{"id":1172,"date":"2025-07-25T20:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studenthub.elsevier.com\/en\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:48:53","slug":"synovial-joint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studenthub.elsevier.com\/en\/question-bank\/anatomy\/synovial-joint\/","title":{"rendered":"Which type of synovial joint is the hip joint?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <div class=\"simple-quiz\" id=\"sqt_1_5934_container\">\n            \n            <div class=\"quiz-options\">\n                                    <div class=\"quiz-option\">\n                        <input type=\"radio\" \n                               id=\"sqt_1_5934_option_1\" \n                               name=\"sqt_1_5934_options\" \n                               value=\"1\">\n                        <label for=\"sqt_1_5934_option_1\">\n                            A. Ball and socket                        <\/label>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"quiz-option\">\n                        <input type=\"radio\" \n                               id=\"sqt_1_5934_option_2\" \n                               name=\"sqt_1_5934_options\" \n                               value=\"2\">\n                        <label for=\"sqt_1_5934_option_2\">\n                            B. Ellipsoid                        <\/label>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"quiz-option\">\n                        <input type=\"radio\" \n                               id=\"sqt_1_5934_option_3\" \n                               name=\"sqt_1_5934_options\" \n                               value=\"3\">\n                        <label for=\"sqt_1_5934_option_3\">\n                            C. Hinge                        <\/label>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"quiz-option\">\n                        <input type=\"radio\" \n                               id=\"sqt_1_5934_option_4\" \n                               name=\"sqt_1_5934_options\" \n                               value=\"4\">\n                        <label for=\"sqt_1_5934_option_4\">\n                            D. Pivot                        <\/label>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"quiz-option\">\n                        <input type=\"radio\" \n                               id=\"sqt_1_5934_option_5\" \n                               name=\"sqt_1_5934_options\" \n                               value=\"5\">\n                        <label for=\"sqt_1_5934_option_5\">\n                            E. Plane                        <\/label>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"quiz-toggle\">\n                <span class=\"quiz-cta\" \n                      role=\"button\" \n                      tabindex=\"0\" \n                      onclick=\"simpleQuizToggleResults('sqt_1_5934')\"\n                      onkeydown=\"if(event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === ' ') { simpleQuizToggleResults('sqt_1_5934'); event.preventDefault(); }\">\n                    Reveal the answer                <\/span>\n                \n                <div id=\"sqt_1_5934_results\" class=\"quiz-results\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n                    A. Ball and socket<br \/>\nThis is the correct answer. The hip joint, also termed the femoroacetabular joint, is a synovial ball and socket joint. It is formed by the articulation of the head of the femur with the acetabulum of the pelvis. The pelvic acetabulum is formed by the union of the ilium, ischium and pubis, the three bones that compose the pelvic bone. The hip joint is a ball and socket joint, an example of a synovial joint. Here, many types of movement are permitted including: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial and lateral rotation, and combinatory circumduction. 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