Assess the following functional classes of synovial joints and rank them from least number of axes to most number of axes: biaxial, multiaxial (triaxial), nonaxial, and uniaxial

What will be an ideal response?


The least movable is nonaxial, followed by uniaxial (one axis), biaxial (two axes), and multiaxial (triaxial or three axes).

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