SYNDESMOLOGY, OR JOINT ARTICULATION 



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Syndesmology, or Joint Articulation 



Joining of bones 

 Immovable articulation 



Suture or seam 

 Serrated suture 

 Scaly suture 

 Apposition suture 



Socket articulation 



Cartilaginous articulation 



Bony coalescence or junction 

 Movable articulation 



Joint 



Simple joint 



Compound joint 



Gliding joint 



Spherical joint 



Ball-and-socket joint 



Hinge- joint 



Spiral joint 



Elliptical joint 



Trochoid or pivot joint 



Saddle joint 



Mixed articulation 

 Ligamentous union 

 Articular cartilage 

 Joint cavity 

 Articular disk (O. T. interarticular 



fibrocartilage) 

 Glenoid lip 

 Articular crescent 

 Joint-capsule 



Fibrous layer 



Synovial layer 

 Synovial fold 

 Synovial tufts 

 Joint-oil 



Ligaments of the spine and 

 skull 



Intervertebral fibrocartilages 



Fibrous ring 



Pulp-like nucleus 



Yellow ligaments (O. T. ligg. sub- 

 flava) 



Joint-capsules 



Intertransverse ligaments 



Interspinous ligaments 



Supraspinous ligament 



Ligament of the nape 



Anterior longitudinal ligament (O. T. 

 anterior common ligament) 



Posterior longitudinal ligament (O. T. 

 posterior common ligament) 



Symphysis of sacrum and coccyx 



Superficial posterior sacrococcygeal 

 ligament 



Deep posterior sacrococcygeal liga- 

 ment 



Anterior sacrococcygeal ligament 



Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament 



Pterygospinous ligament 



Stylohyoid ligament 



Joint between atlas and occipital 

 bone 



Joint-capsules 



Anterior atlanto-occipital membrane 



Posterior atlanto-occipital membrane 



Joint between atlas and epis= 

 tropheus or axis 



Joint-capsules 



