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  2. Pivot joint - Wikipedia

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    In animal anatomy, a pivot joint (trochoid joint, rotary joint or lateral ginglymus) 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.

  3. Ball-and-socket joint - Wikipedia

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    The ball-and-socket joint (or spheroid joint) is a type of synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. This enables the joint to move in many directions.

  4. Connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue membranes include the meninges (the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord) and synovial membranes that line joint cavities. [18] Mucous membranes and serous membranes are epithelial with an underlying layer of loose connective tissue.

  5. Incudostapedial joint - Wikipedia

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    The incudostapedial joint is a small, synovial ball-and-socket joint between the incus (anvil) and the stapes (stirrup). The joint's function is to transfer vibrations between the two ossicles . The incudostapedial joint lies between the long leg of the incus (long crus, or crus longum incudis ) and the head of the stapes ( caput stapedis ). [ 1 ]

  6. Interphalangeal joints of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Joints of the hand, X-ray Interphalangeal ligaments and phalanges. Right hand. Deep dissection. Posterior (dorsal) view. The PIP joint exhibits great lateral stability. Its transverse diameter is greater than its antero-posterior diameter and its thick collateral ligaments are tight in all positions during flexion, contrary to those in the metacarpophalangeal joint.

  7. Constant-velocity joint - Wikipedia

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    A Rzeppa-type CV joint. A constant-velocity joint (also called a CV joint and homokinetic joint) is a mechanical coupling which allows the shafts to rotate freely (without an appreciable increase in friction or backlash) and compensates for the angle between the two shafts, within a certain range, to maintain the same velocity.

  8. Center-pivot irrigation - Wikipedia

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    A satellite image of circular fields characteristic of center pivot irrigation, Kansas Farmland with circular pivot irrigation. Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers.

  9. Lone Dencker Wisborg - Wikipedia

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    Lone Dencker Wisborg (born 31 January 1966) is a Danish diplomat, lawyer and civil servant.She was the Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO between 2022 and 2025, having previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to the United States, from 2019 to 2022, the first woman to hold that position.