Every athlete starts with stretching his/her neck in the horizontal and vertical directions. Can you tell which kind of joint does the neck have so as to allow such movements?

Ball and socket joint

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Pivot joint

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Hinge joint

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Fixed joint

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Solution

The correct option is B Pivot joint
Pivot joints allow bones to rotate. In a pivot joint, a cylinder-shaped bone rotates inside another bone that forms a ring around it. To see how a pivot joint functions, just turn your head from side to side. In your neck, there's a pivot joint between your skull and the top vertebrae that allows your head to turn.

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