• Thumbnail for Fibrous joint
    In anatomy, fibrous joints are joints connected by fibrous tissue, consisting mainly of collagen. These are fixed joints where bones are united by a layer...
    14 KB (1,405 words) - 22:50, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joint
    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...
    16 KB (1,566 words) - 03:26, 17 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Synovial joint
    A synovial joint, also known as diarthrosis, join bones or cartilage with a fibrous joint capsule that is continuous with the periosteum of the joined...
    14 KB (1,252 words) - 08:18, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Syndesmosis
    Syndesmosis (category Joints)
    (“fastened with a band”) is a type of fibrous joint in which two parallel bones are united to each other by fibrous connective tissue. The gap between the...
    3 KB (424 words) - 20:55, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joint capsule
    anatomy, a joint capsule or articular capsule is an envelope surrounding a synovial joint. Each joint capsule has two parts: an outer fibrous layer or membrane...
    3 KB (281 words) - 13:31, 1 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cartilaginous joint
    joints are connected entirely by cartilage (fibrocartilage or hyaline). Cartilaginous joints allow more movement between bones than a fibrous joint but...
    4 KB (413 words) - 19:24, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tibia
    Tibia (section Joints)
    to the fibula by the interosseous membrane of leg, forming a type of fibrous joint called a syndesmosis with very little movement. The tibia is named for...
    22 KB (2,708 words) - 23:20, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fibrous dysplasia of bone
    Fibrous dysplasia is a very rare nonhereditary genetic disorder where normal bone and marrow is replaced with fibrous tissue, resulting in formation of...
    21 KB (2,153 words) - 06:52, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Temporomandibular joint
    around the joint begins to form the fibrous joint capsule. Very little is known about the significance of newly forming muscles in joint formation. The...
    26 KB (3,295 words) - 20:46, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Interosseous membrane of forearm
    membrane of the forearm (rarely middle or intermediate radioulnar joint) is a fibrous sheet that connects the interosseous margins of the radius and the...
    4 KB (489 words) - 02:48, 15 October 2024