Latest news from Duxbury, MA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: English (31.7%), Irish (13.8%), German (8.2%), Italian (5.0%), British (4.9%), Slovak (2.9%). Current Local Time: EST time zone. Incorporated in 1637. Elevation: 36 feet. Land area: 2.17 square miles.
Hinge joints allow movement in one direction, as seen in the knees  and elbows and fingers.    FUNCTION: The purpose of joints is to provide movement for the  body.
Anatomically: pivotal hinge joint Structurally: synovial joint Functionally: uniaxial joint The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: â¦ one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest and most complicated joint in the human body.ip joint (acetabulufemoral joint) is ball and socket joint (also called enarthrosis or spheroidal joint). Knee joint is compound joint because it forms by two articulations o â¦ f two different types. Femural-tibia joint is condyloid joint (also called ellipsoid or angular joint).