A novel insight towards classification of joints

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Author Details : Payal Arvind Kasat*, Ranjan Pampi, Gayatri Muthiyan

Volume : 10, Issue : 2, Year : 2023

Article Page : 127-129

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijcap.2023.027

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Abstract

A joint or articulation or articular surface is the connection made between bones in the body. They link the skeletal system to allow for different degrees and types of movement. Joints are classified both structurally and functionally. The short communication aims to initiate an innovative classification of joint on the basis of general morphology as follows:1. Simple (one pair of articulating surfaces; male and female): e.g. Fibrous joint: Metopic suture between two frontal bones, sagittal suture between two parietal bones; Cartilaginous joint: Synchondroses: manubriosternal joint, occipitosphenoid joint; Symphyses: pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs, symphysis menti; Synovial joint: interphalangeal joint, first carpometacarpal joint, shoulder joint, sacroiliac joint; and 2. Compound (more than one pair of surfaces): e.g. Fibrous joint: Coronal suture between one frontal and two parietal bones; Cartilaginous joint: ends of the long bones with multiple secondary centres of ossification which fuse later (epiphysis) can be technically considered as compound cartilaginous joints during developmental phase; Synovial joint: elbow joint, wrist joint, knee joint etc.
 

Keywords: Cartilaginous joint, Articulation.

How to cite : Kasat P A, Pampi R, Muthiyan G, A novel insight towards classification of joints. Indian J Clin Anat Physiol 2023;10(2):127-129

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