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  • Thumbnail for Hypermobility (joints)
    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...
    26 KB (2,993 words) - 18:30, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Temporomandibular joint
    In anatomy, the temporomandibular joints (TMJ) are the two joints connecting the jawbone to the skull. It is a bilateral synovial articulation between...
    26 KB (3,295 words) - 20:46, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ball joint
    automobile suspension, the two ball joints are called the "upper ball joint" and "lower ball joint". Lower ball joints are sometimes larger and may wear...
    16 KB (2,125 words) - 21:47, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Synovial joint
    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...
    14 KB (1,252 words) - 08:18, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pelvis
    the lower limbs. They are attached to the sacrum posteriorly, connected to each other anteriorly, and joined with the two femurs at the hip joints. The...
    47 KB (5,818 words) - 00:37, 25 August 2024
  • R, U, C, S, Pa. Joint notation specifies the type and order of the joints forming a mechanism. It identifies the sequences of joints, starting from the...
    9 KB (1,192 words) - 14:19, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neck pain
    commonly cause neck pain. The top three joints in the neck allow for most movement of the neck and head. The lower joints in the neck and those of the upper...
    19 KB (2,092 words) - 15:42, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sacroiliac joint
    most lower extremity joints, one of the SI joints' functions is shock absorption (depending on the amount of available motion at the sacroiliac joint) for...
    17 KB (2,239 words) - 12:26, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Constant-velocity joint
    Tripod joints are used at the inboard end of car driveshafts. The joints were developed by Michel Orain, of Glaenzer Spicer of Poissy, France. This joint has...
    18 KB (2,211 words) - 12:41, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Camptocormia
    bending of the lower joints of the spine, occurring in a standing position. In order to be classified as BSS, the anterior flexion (the lower back bending)...
    14 KB (1,739 words) - 20:25, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Facet syndrome
    other joints throughout the human body, facets can experience natural degeneration from normal aging. Over time, the cartilage within the joints can naturally...
    9 KB (980 words) - 22:29, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costovertebral joints
    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...
    1 KB (76 words) - 15:02, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Intertarsal joints
    intertarsal joint are the joints of the tarsal bones in the foot. There are six specific inter tarsal joints (articulations) in the human foot: Subtalar joint...
    953 bytes (40 words) - 17:31, 13 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sacroiliitis
    sacroiliac joints to prepare for childbirth. Additionally, the added weight carried during childbearing can put an extra amount of stress on the SI joints, leading...
    10 KB (889 words) - 21:26, 25 May 2023
  • phalanx and proximal side of the 2nd phalanx. Flexes the elbow, carpus and lower joints. Additionally, the superior check ligament inserts into this tendon from...
    19 KB (2,840 words) - 13:10, 2 June 2024
  • shape, with the thinnest part below the junction between the upper and lower joint. This hourglass shape, although invisible to the naked eye, helps to...
    68 KB (6,902 words) - 15:38, 11 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wieacker syndrome
    recessive trait. The condition is characterized by contracture of the lower joints, muscle atrophy, impaired facial muscles, mental retardation, and syndromic...
    13 KB (1,449 words) - 03:32, 25 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Carpometacarpal joint
    joints are five joints in the wrist that articulate the distal row of carpal bones and the proximal bases of the five metacarpal bones. The CMC joint...
    19 KB (2,351 words) - 08:43, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dimples of Venus
    visible on the human lower back, just superior to the gluteal cleft. They are directly superficial to the two sacroiliac joints, the sites where the sacrum...
    5 KB (480 words) - 08:53, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shoulder girdle
    true anatomical joints between the shoulder girdle and the axial skeleton are the sternoclavicular joints on each side. No anatomical joint exists between...
    15 KB (1,853 words) - 16:10, 12 September 2024
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