Sentence examples for socket joint from inspiring English sources

They have evolved a ball and socket joint in their snout to give it extra-special maneuverability.

The ends of the stretchers, called tenons, are fitted into a bored hole in the leg, like a ball and socket joint.

It has been claimed that orangutan wrists are evolving a ball and socket joint, which will give them greater flexibility in the trees than they already possess and contribute to further divergence from other apes.

The earth auger, used principally for drilling holes in relatively soft earth, is armed with either a spiral drill or a pod-type drill and is attached to a shaft by a socket joint.

Figure 1 Adhesively bonded socket joint of riser pipe.

THR involves a pure ball and socket joint.

The hip is a ball-and-socket joint.

Like its cousin the Hispaniolan solenodon, whose snout sits on a ball-and-socket joint, it is an evolutionary curiosity.

The ball-and-socket joint, also known as a spheroidal joint, is the only one with three types of movement.

But the arm apparently did not connect with the shoulder as a ball-and-socket joint, as in humans and mammals.

Last October, Robert Stahl had his arthritic hip replaced with an artificial one, a ball-and-socket joint made of titanium.