Joints of the Vertebral Column

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...

Cranial Sutures

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...

Metatarsophalangeal Articulations

(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...

Metacarpophalangeal Articulations

(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...