Vocabulary

Biaxial joint; allows flexion/extension, abduction/ adduction, and circumduction movements. Metacarpophalangeal (knuckle) joints of fingers; radiocarpal joint of wrist; metatarsophalangeal joints...

Uniaxial joint: allows rotational movement. Examples: Atlantoaxial joint (C1–C2 vertebrae articulation); proximal radioulnar joint.   At a pivot joint, a rounded portion of a bone is enclosed within...

Biaxial joint; allows flexion/extension, abduction/ adduction, and circumduction movements. Examples: First carpometacarpal joint of the thumb; sternoclavicular joint.   At a saddle joint, both of...

Uniaxial joint; allows flexion/extension movements. Examples: Knee; elbow; ankle; interphalangeal joints of fingers and toes.   In a hinge joint, the convex end of one bone articulates with the...

A cartilaginous joint where the bones are joined by fibrocartilage is called a symphysis (“growing together”). Fibrocartilage is very strong because it contains numerous bundles of thick collagen...

A gomphosis (“fastened with bolts”) is the specialized fibrous joint that anchors the root of a tooth into its bony socket within the maxillary bone (upper jaw) or mandible bone (lower jaw) of the...

A synchondrosis (“joined by cartilage”) is a cartilaginous joint where bones are joined together by hyaline cartilage, or where bone is united to hyaline cartilage. A synchondrosis may be temporary...

A syndesmosis (“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 bones may be narrow, with the...

An amphiarthrosis is a joint that has limited mobility. An example of this type of joint is the cartilaginous joint that unites the bodies of adjacent vertebrae. Filling the gap between the...

A freely mobile joint is classified as a diarthrosis. These types of joints include all synovial joints of the body, which provide the majority of body movements. Most diarthrotic joints are found...

All the bones of the skull, except for the mandible, are joined to each other by a fibrous joint called a suture. The fibrous connective tissue found at a suture (“to bind or sew”) strongly unites...

An immobile or nearly immobile joint is called a synarthrosis. The immobile nature of these joints provide for a strong union between the articulating bones. This is important at locations where the...

Tao or Dao is a Chinese word (道) signifying "way", "path", "route", "road" or sometimes more loosely "doctrine", "principle" or "holistic beliefs". In the context of East Asian philosophy, Tao is...

Each of the bones composing the Spine is a Vertebra.   General Structure of a Vertebra Within the different regions of the vertebral column, vertebrae vary in size and shape, but they all follow a...

Applied Physiology is one of the branches of Energy Kinesiology, founded by Richard D. Utt, L.Ac.  This approach is one of the most widespread forms of Kinesiology in the world (especially in Europe...