Find out everything you need to know about how your elbow works, the anatomy of your elbow, ... It is a hinge joint, so like the hinges of a door, it’s meant to open and close in one direction.

Hinged elbow fixators are used to provide some combination of distraction, and stability, as well as gradual passive stretch (when the Compass Hinge is used). The hinged fixator is always used in ...

Knee, elbow, and finger joints are all examples of hinge joints. Hinge joints are protected by cartilage and synovial fluid, a gel that assists with lubricating motion in the body.

The elbow joint is a synovial hinge joint, similar to the ankle and knee joints. Two or more bones form hinge joints that move along an axis, rather than rotate like the hip joint.

Notre Dame’s college football future hinges on a hinge. An elbow, specifically. That elbow connects CJ Carr’s upper arm to his lower arm, and it’s on the mend.

Adam's Mornin': 2 D.C. Teams' Seasons Hinge on Elbow Hinges Published February 23, 2012 • Updated on February 24, 2012 at 8:40 am For any team to win, it takes a complete effort from everyone ...

T he ulnar collateral ligament, or UCL, is a triangular set of bundles in the human elbow that looks like three crisscrossing strips of bacon—a marvel of physiology that functions as the crucial ...

David Ring, MD, Jesse B. Jupiter, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. In these situations, the hinged elbow fixator maintains a concentric reduction of the ulnohumeral articulation ...