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called a
joint, and is
described as a
fibrous joint known as a gomphosis.
Joints are
classified both
structurally and functionally.
Joints play a vital...
- bend
their knee
joints backwards, put
their leg
behind the head or
perform other contortionist "tricks". It can
affect one or more
joints throughout the...
- The
metatarsophalangeal joints (MTP
joints) are the
joints between the
metatarsal bones of the foot and the
proximal bones (proximal phalanges) of the...
- The
tarsometatarsal joints (Lisfranc
joints) are
arthrodial joints in the foot. The
tarsometatarsal joints involve the first,
second and
third cuneiform...
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sacroiliac joints, one on the left and one on the right, that
often match each
other but are
highly variable from
person to person.
Sacroiliac joints are paired...
- most
common and most
movable type of
joint in the body of a mammal. As with most
other joints,
synovial joints achieve movement at the
point of contact...
-
universal joint is not a constant-velocity
joint. U-
joints are also
sometimes called by
various eponymous names, as follows:
Cardan joint,
after Gerolamo...
- A
joint is a
rolled cannabis cigarette.
Unlike commercial tobacco cigarettes, the user
ordinarily hand-rolls
joints with
rolling papers,
though in some...
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inherent in each
individual joint. Many
other types of constant-velocity
joints have been
invented since then.
Double Cardan Joints are
similar to Hooke's...
- The
interphalangeal joints of the hand are the
hinge joints between the
phalanges of the
fingers that
provide flexion towards the palm of the hand. There...