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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918), Joints
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pivot joint  rotary joint  rotatory joint  articulatio trochoidea  Pivotal joint
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A freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation WordNet 3.0
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A freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In animal anatomy, a pivot joint is a type of synovial joint whose movement axis is parallel to the long axis of the proximal bone, which typically has a convex articular surface. Wikipedia
A kind of joint between bones in the body Wikipedia Disambiguation
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The articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet