ball-and-socket

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Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Figure 29.32 The shoulder joint is an example of a ball-and-socket joint.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Dr. Günther compares it to a ball-and-socket joint, except there is no socket.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Any sort of twist or imbalance can put stress on ball-and-socket joints.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Which of the joints of the leg is a ball-and-socket joint?—"The hip joint."

From Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City by Lewis, Margaret W.