| BMJ | bones, muscles, joints; British Medical Journal |
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| SHORT, S-H-O-R-T | short stature, hyperextensibility of joints or hernia or both, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly, te... |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction - Complications(Cx) 1. Early ... |
| AAHS | American Association for Hand Surgery |
| ASHT | American Society of Hand Therapists |
| digital joints | The hinge synovial joints between the phalanges of the fingers. Synonym: articulationes interphalangeae manus, digital joints, interphalangeal articulations, phalangeal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| DIP joints | The synovial joint's between the middle and distal phalanges of the fingers and of the toes. Synonym: DIP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal interphalangeal joints | The synovial joint's between the middle and distal phalanges of the fingers and of the toes. Synonym: DIP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interarticular joints | The synovial joints between zygapophyses or articular processes of the vertebrae. Synonym: articulationes zygapophyseales, facet joints, interarticular joints, juncturae zygapophyseales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercarpal joints | The synovial joints between the carpal bones. Synonym: articulationes intercarpeae, carpal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interchondral joints | The synovial joints between the contiguous surfaces of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth costal cartilages, forming the costal arch. Synonym: articulationes interchondrales, interchondral articulations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercuneiform joints | The articulations between contiguous surfaces of the cuneiform bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermetacarpal joints | The synovial joints between the bases of the second, third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal bones. Synonym: articulationes intermetacarpeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermetatarsal joints | The synovial joints between the bases of the five metatarsal bones. Synonym: articulationes intermetatarseae, intermetatarsal articulations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interphalangeal joints of foot | The hinge synovial joints between the phalanges of the toes. Synonym: articulationes interphalangeae pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intersternebral joints | Persisting cartilages uniting the bony elements of the sternum, as in some domestic animals such as the dog. Synonym: intersternebral joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intertarsal joints | The synovial joints which unite the tarsal bones. Synonym: articulationes intertarseae, intertarsal articulations, tarsal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsal joints | The synovial joints which unite the tarsal bones. Synonym: articulationes intertarseae, intertarsal articulations, tarsal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsometatarsal joints | The three synovial joints between the tarsal and metatarsal bones, consisting of a medial joint between the first cuneiform and first metatarsal, an intermediate joint between the second and third cuneiforms and corresponding metatarsals, and a lateral joint between the cuboid and fourth and fifth metatarsals. Synonym: articulationes tarsometatarseae, cuneometatarsal joints, Lisfranc's joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| joints of auditory ossicles | The joints of the ossicular chain consisting of incudomallear joint, incudostapedeal joint, and the tympanostapedeal syndesmosis. Synonym: articulationes ossiculorum auditus, joints of ear bones. (05 Mar 2000) |