Amphiarthrosis - Symphysis - Gomphosis - Synovial joint (Hinge joint, Pivot joint, Condyloid joint, Saddle joint, Ball and socket joint, Gliding joint) eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996. ... A joint (from French joint) (articulation) is the location at which two bones make contact (articulate). ... In Amphiarthroses (slightly movable articulations), the contiguous bony surfaces are either: symphysis: connected by broad flattened disks of fibrocartilage, of a more or less complex structure, as in the articulations between the bodies of the vertebrae. ... A symphysis is a fibrocartilaginous fusion between two bones. ... The permanent teeth, viewed from the right. ... Synovial joints (or diarthroses, or diarthroidal joints) are the most common and most moveable type of joints in the body. ... A joint is the location at which two bones make contact. ... Pivot joint (trochoid joint, rotary joint): Where the movement is limited to rotation, the joint is formed by a pivot-like process turning within a ring, or a ring on a pivot, the ring being formed partly of bone, partly of ligament. ... In a condyloid joint (condyloid articulation, ellipsoidal joint) an ovoid articular surface, or condyle, is received into an elliptical cavity in such a manner as to permit of flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and circumduction, but no axial rotation. ... In a saddle joint (sellar joint, articulation by reciprocal reception) the opposing surfaces are reciprocally concavo-convex. ... A ball and socket joint (enarthrosis, spheroidal joint) is a joint in which the distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. ... A gliding joint (arthrodial joint, plane articulation) is a joint which admits of only gliding movement; it is formed by the apposition of plane surfaces, or one slightly concave, the other slightly convex, the amount of motion between them being limited by the ligaments or osseous processes surrounding the articulation. ...

Kinesiology - Anatomical terms of motion - Agonist/Antagonist Kinesiology is the scientific study of human movement. ... // Introduction The movement of body structures is accomplished by the contraction of muscles. ... Agonist is kind of muscle that cause the movement to occur. ... An antagonist is a kind of muscle that acts in opposition to the movement generated by the agonist and is responsible for returning a limb to its initial position. ...

Flexion/Extension - Adduction/Abduction - Internal rotation/External rotation - Supination/Pronation - Plantarflexion/Dorsiflexion - Eversion/Inversion In anatomy, Flexion is movement whereby bones or other objects are brought closer together. ... In anatomy and physiology, adduction is the moving of limbs towards the midline of the body. ... In human and zoological anatomy (sometimes called zootomy), several terms are used to describe the location of organs and other structures in the body of bilateral animals. ... In human and zoological anatomy (sometimes called zootomy), several terms are used to describe the location of organs and other structures in the body of bilateral animals. ... In zootomy, several terms are used to describe the location of organs and other structures in the body of bilateral animals. ...