- a
joint, and is
described as a
fibrous joint known as a gomphosis.
Joints are
classified both
structurally and functionally. The
number of
joints depends...
- 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
Joint may
refer to:
Slang for
prison American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
colloquially known as "The
Joint" The
Joint (Sirius XM) XM radio...
- The
tarsometatarsal joints (Lisfranc
joints) are
arthrodial joints in the foot. The
tarsometatarsal joints involve the first,
second and
third cuneiform...
- The
facet joints (also
zygapophysial joints, zygapophyseal, apophyseal, or Z-
joints) are a set of synovial,
plane joints between the
articular processes...
-
Tripod joints are used at the
inboard end of car driveshafts. The
joints were
developed by
Michel Orain, of
Glaenzer ****er of Poissy, France. This
joint has...
- The
costovertebral joints are the
joints that
connect the ribs to the
vertebral column. The
articulation of the head of rib
connects the head of the rib...
- 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...
-
their tight joint capsules.
Based only on
their shape,
plane joints can
allow multiple movements,
including rotation. Thus
plane joints can be functionally...