joints definition

Preferred term: articular sensibility

The joints of the ossicular chain consisting of incudomallear joint, incudostapedeal joint, and the tympanostapedeal syndesmosis.

Synonyms: articulationes ossiculorum auditus, joints of ear bones.

Preferred term: joints of auditory ossicles

Joints including the talocrural, intertarsal, tarsometatarsal, intermetatarsal, metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.

Synonyms: articulationes pedis, articulations of foot.

Preferred term: joints of free lower limb

The joints uniting the bones of the free inferior limb to one another and to the pelvic girdle; they are the hip joint, knee joint, tibiofibular joints, and the joints of the ankle and foot.

Synonyms: articulationes membri inferioris liberi, joints of free inferior limb, juncturae membri inferioris liberi.

Preferred term: joints of free upper limb

The joints uniting the bones of the free superior limb girdle; they are the shoulder joint, elbow joint, radioulnar joints, and joints of the wrist and hand.

Synonyms: articulationes membri superioris liberi, joints of free superior limb, juncturae membri superioris liberi.

These joints include the radiocarpal or wrist joint; intercarpal, carpometacarpal, intermetacarpal; metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.

Synonyms: articulationes manus, articulations of hand.

Preferred term: joints of pelvic girdle

The joints uniting the scapulae and clavicles to each other and the latter to the sternum forming the superior limb girdle; these are the acromioclavicular and the sternoclavicular joints.

Synonyms: articulationes cinguli membri superioris, joints of superior limb girdle, juncturae cinguli membri superioris.

The joints that unite the sacrum and the two hip bones to form the pelvic girdle; these are the sacroiliac joints, the pubic symphysis, the sacrotuberal and sacrospinal ligaments, and the obturator membrane.

Synonyms: articulationes cinguli membri inferioris, joints of inferior limb girdle.

Preferred term: joints of pectoral girdle