| joint prosthesis | An artificial substitute for a missing joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| joint sense | Appreciation of sensation in joint surfaces. Synonym: arthresthesia, joint sense. (05 Mar 2000) |
| joint, tempero-mandibular | Joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull. Abbreviated tmj or tm joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| joint, tm | The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull. (12 Dec 1998) |
| false joint | A pathologic entity characterised by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal callus leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uniaxial joint | One in which movement is around one axis only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unilocular joint | One in which an intra-articular disk is incomplete or absent, the joint having but a single cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| knee joint | A compound condylar synovial joint consisting of the joint between the condyles of the femur and the condyles of the tibia, articular menisci (semilunar cartilages) being interposed, and the articulation between femur and patella. Synonym: articulatio genus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| femoropatellar joint | The articulation of the facets on the articular surface of the patella with corresponding surfaces on the femoral condyles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous joint | A union of two bones by fibrous tissue such that there is no joint cavity and almost no motion possible; the types of fibrous joints are sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses. Synonym: articulatio fibrosa, immovable joint, junctura fibrosa, synarthrodia, synarthrodial joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flail joint | A joint with loss of function caused by loss of ability to stabilise the joint in any plane within its normal range of motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbosacral joint | The articulation of the fifth lumbar vertebra with the sacrum. Synonym: articulatio lumbosacralis, junctura lumbosacralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amberg's lateral sinus line | A line dividing the angle formed by the anterior edge of the mastoid process and the temporal line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| amyotropic lateral sclerosis | A chronic progressive disease of motor neurons (the nerves that come from the spinal cord to supply electrical energy to the muscles). (12 Dec 1998) |