Hinge joint is present in our body betwe...

Hinge joint is present in our body between

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Option (a) shows hinge joint, it is present in knees. Option (b) shows ball and socket joint. It is present between hip girdle and thigh bone. Option (d) shows gliding joint which is present between bones of toes and foot. Option (c) shows pivot joint. Pivot joint allows one bone to rotate around another. The joint between radius and ulna in the forearm and the atlas and axis vertebrae are the pivot joints present in human body.

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Hinge joints

Are synovial joints

Permit movement in one direction

Are found in knee

All the above.

Pivot joint is present

in neck region

between bones of ankle

between humerus and radius bones

between bones of fore arm and wrist.

Hinge joint is present between

Humerus and pectoral girdle

Femur and acetabulum

Humerus and radio-ulna

Femur and pelvic girdle