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What is a ginglymus?

What is a ginglymus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A hinge joint.
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The knee-joint was formerly described as a ginglymus or hinge-joint, but is really of a much more complicated character.
At the junction on each side of trochantin and post-clypeus is a concave process for articulation with the ginglymus of the mandible.
The hinge, or ginglymus, joint is a modified sellar joint with each mating surface ovoid on its right and left sides.
Functionally, the temporomandibular joint is a ginglymus, where motion occurs in a rough hinge axis along a repeatable plane supported by strong lateral ligaments.
This also, is a ginglymus joint, having but slight lateral motion, and that only when it is in a state of flexion.
The Bones of the Fingers are articulated by Ginglymus, and are fifteen in each Hand.

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