Definition of Condyloid. Meaning of Condyloid. Synonyms of Condyloid

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Definition of Condyloid

Condyloid
Condyloid Con"dy*loid, a. [Condyle + -oid: cf. F. condylo["i]de.] (Anat.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

Meaning of Condyloid from wikipedia

- A condyloid joint (also called condylar, ellipsoidal, or bicondylar) is an ovoid articular surface, or condyle that is received into an elliptical cavity...
- The condyloid process or condylar process is the process on the human and other mammalian species' mandibles that ends in a condyle, the mandibular condyle...
- either condyle of the lateral parts of occipital bone is a depression, the condyloid fossa (or condylar fossa), which receives the posterior margin of the...
- bones and the proximal phalanges of the fingers. These joints are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the metacarpal bones...
- and are consequently known as toe knuckles in common speech. They are condyloid joints, meaning that an elliptical or rounded surface (of the metatarsal...
- The condylar canal (or condyloid canal) is a canal in the condyloid fossa of the lateral parts of occipital bone behind the occipital condyle. Resection...
- thin, and is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid in front and the condyloid behind, separated by a deep concavity, the mandibular notch. The coronoid...
- stability. The movements of saddle joints are similar to those of the condyloid joint and include flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and cir****duction...
- between the atlas bone and the occipital bone. It consists of a pair of condyloid joints. It is a synovial joint. The atlanto-occipital joint is an articulation...
- of synovial joints. Clockwise from top-right: ball and socket joint, condyloid joint, plane joint, saddle joint, hinge joint and pivot joint. Details...