hinge joint

collocation in English

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hinge
noun[C]
uk
/hɪndʒ/us
/hɪndʒ/
a piece of metal that fastens the edge of a door, window, lid, etc. to something else and allows it to open ...
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joint
adjective
uk
/dʒɔɪnt/us
/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or ...
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(Definition ofhingeandjointfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The ligament is internal and there are no teeth on thehingejoint.
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The fetlock is ahingejoint(ginglymus), allowing flexion and extension, but minimal rotation, adduction, or abduction.
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The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus (a pivotalhingejoint), which permits flexion and extension as well as a slight internal and external rotation.
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As the breech moves back under blowback power, thehingejointmoves upward.
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This prevents hyperextension and forms ahingejointwith the trochlea of the humerus.
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The jaw articulates via ahingejointbetween the quadrate and articular.
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The valves have pronounced ears on the anterior and posterior sides of thehingejoint.
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The boards are joined using ahingejointmethod to produce the typically mellow sounds of the qin.
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The elbow is ahingejointwithout rotary movements and the forelimbs are relatively short.
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The knee is the largesthingejointin the human body.
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The talocrural joint is a synovialhingejointthat connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus.
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Original instruments have ahingejoint.
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Hinge joints can only bend along one axis.
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Pakicetid elbows are rigid hinge joints like in running mammals and the forearms are not flattened like in truly aquatic cetaceans.
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The joints of the fingers are simple hinge joints.
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