Difference between Ball and Hinge joints
No. |
Ball joints |
Hinge joints |
1. |
In the Ball joints, the ball contains a head shaped of one bone which articulates with a cuplike sockets. | Hinge joints are cylindrical shaped of one bone articulates with a depression of an adjacent bone. |
2. | The greatest range of movement is allowed by the ball joints. |
The movement is restricted to bending and straightening by the hinge joints. |
3. |
Shoulder and hips are the examples of ball joints. | Elbow, outer joints of fingers and Knee are the examples of hinge joints. |
4. | In the concave sockets, bone with ball shaped head fits. |
It can be move in one direction or plane. |
5. |
Ball joints is defined as a joint which is made of ball moving within a socket. | Hinge joint is defined as a joint where the ends of bones meet. |
6. | Ball joints allows free movement in all directions. |
Hinge joints allows movement in one plane only. |
7. |
Ball joints is the most movable of the synovial joints. |
Hinge joints is comparatively less movable. |