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Category - Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice

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What group of joints allows for movements around three or more axes in three or more planes?
  1. Synovial
  2. Condyloid
  3. Multiaxial
  4. Biaxial
Explanation
Answer: C - The Multiaxial joints allow for movements around three or more axes on three or more planes. The spheroid joints are the most movable joints where a ball-shaped head of one bone fits into a concave depression of another bone. Gliding joints are relatively flat articulating surfaces that allow limited gliding movements along various axes.
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