Joints: The Human Levers

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‘Joints: The Human Levers’ app provides an in-depth and exclusive tour of the human body exploring all the amazing joints that keep our body moving.

‘Joints: The Human Levers’ app explains the different and very integral part of our very existence and functioning – the locomotion. The main organ system of the human body that supports locomotion is the bag of bones - skeletal system. The skeletal system along with the muscular system facilitates the movement. For movement the bones are joined at specific points called joints. Movement is basically credited to these bony junction points, the joints.

Let us explore the offerings of the ‘Joints: The Human Levers’ app. The user gets to interact with the 3D models of the mentioned joints. The user can explore the 3D models through the ‘rotate’, ‘zoom in’ and ‘zoom out’ options. The 3D models in the ‘Joints: The Human Levers’ app come with the desirable feature of ‘labels’. The labeling part is very important from the perspective of understanding anatomy of the human body. Tapping the labels on the model which displays the name of the part gives the user the understanding of the name and structure and function of the respective part. The labeling part of the ‘Joints: The Human Levers’ app equips the user to attempt the diagrammatic questions asked in the exams. ‘Joints: The Human Levers’ app consists of the labeling part of all the mentioned joints.

1. Fibrous joints

2. Cartilaginous joints

3. Synovial joints