by admin | Jul 20, 2022 | Group
The bodies of adjacent vertebrae are strongly anchored to each other in their anterior part by an intervertebral disc. This structure provides padding between the bones during weight bearing, and because it can change shape, also allows for movement between the...
by admin | Jul 20, 2022 | Group
The Skull is formed by different bones kept together by Sutures. The narrow gap between the bones is filled with dense, fibrous connective tissue that unites the bones. The long sutures located between the bones of the brain case are not straight, but instead follow...
by admin | Jul 20, 2022 | Group
This group describes all joints of the axial skeleton: head, spine and thorax.
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Group
(Articulationes Metatarsophalangeae) The metatarsophalangeal articulations are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the metatarsal bones in shallow cavities on the ends of the first phalanges. The ligaments are the plantar and two...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Group
(Articulationes Digitorum Pedis; Articulations of the Phalanges) The interphalangeal articulations are ginglymoid joints, and each has a plantar and two collateral ligaments. The arrangement of these ligaments is similar to that in the metatarsophalangeal...
by admin | Jul 16, 2022 | Group
(Articulationes Metacarpophalangeae; Metacarpophalangeal Joints) These articulations are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the metacarpal bones into shallow cavities on the proximal ends of the first phalanges, with the exception...
