| JCRT | Joint Center for Radiation Therapy |
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| JCAH | Joint Commision of Accreditation of Hospitals |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations |
| JECFA | Joint FAO-WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
| bilocular joint | One in which the intra-articular disk is complete, dividing the joint into two distinct cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Budin's obstetrical joint | Cartilaginous union between the squamous and lateral parts of the occipital bone in the newborn. Synonym: synchondrosis intraoccipitalis posterior, Budin's obstetrical joint, posterior intraoccipital joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneocuboid joint | A somewhat saddle-shaped synovial joint between the anterior surface of the calcaneus and the posterior surface of the cuboid. This is the lateral element of the compound transverse tarsal joint. Synonym: articulatio calcaneocuboidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitular joint | The synovial joint between a rib and bodies of two adjacent vertebrae; the joint cavity is divided by an intra-articular ligament which attaches to the intervertebral disk; the first, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs articulate with only one vertebra. Synonym: articulatio capitis costae, capitular joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiocarpal joint | The synovial joint between the distal end of the radius and its articular disk and the proximal row of carpal bones with the exception of the pisiform bone. Synonym: articulatio radiocarpea, carpal articulation, carpal joints, radiocarpal articulation, radiocarpal joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of temporomandibular joint | Several small tributaries to the retromandibular vein from the temporomandibular joint. Synonym: venae articulares temporomandibulares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular joint | <anatomy, dentistry> The joint that connects the lower jaw to the skull. (12 Jan 1998) |
| manubriosternal joint | The early union, by hyaline cartilage, of the manubrium and the body of the sternum, which later becomes a symphysial type of joint. Synonym: synchondrosis manubriosternalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carpometacarpal joint of thumb | The saddle-shaped synovial articulation between the trapezium and the base of the first metacarpal bone. Synonym: articulatio carpometacarpea pollicis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cartilaginous joint | A joint in which the apposed bony surfaces are united by cartilage; they are divided into synchondroses and symphyses; in synchondroses, the cartilage connecting the apposed surfaces is, as a rule, ultimately converted to bone, as between epiphyses and diaphyses of long bones; exceptions are the sternal synchondroses and the cartilaginous union of the first rib and the manubrium of the sternum; in symphyses the bones are connected by a flat disk of fibrocartilage which remains unossified throughout life; e.g., the intervertebral disk and the symphysis pubis. Synonym: articulatio cartilaginis, cartilaginous articulation, junctura cartilaginea, synarthrodial joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ginglymoid joint | A uniaxial joint in which a broad, transversely cylindrical convexity on one bone fits into a corresponding concavity on the other, allowing of motion in one plane only, as in the elbow. Synonym: ginglymus, ginglymoid joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gliding joint | A synovial joint in which the opposing surfaces are nearly planes and in which there is only a slight, gliding motion, as in the intermetacarpal joints. Synonym: articulatio plana, arthrodia, arthrodial articulation, arthrodial joint, gliding joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial ligament of talocrural joint | <anatomy> Compound ligament consisting of four component ligaments which pass downward from the medial malleolus of the tibia to the tarsal bones: 1) tibionavicular ligament (pars tibionavicularis ), 2) tibiocalcaneal ligament (pars tibiocalcanea ), 3) anterior tibiotalar ligament (pars tibiotalaris anterior ), and 4) posterior tibiotalar ligament (pars tibiotalaris posterior ). Synonym: ligamentum mediale articulationis talocruralis, ligamentum deltoideum, medial ligament of talocrural joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median atlantoaxial joint | A pivot synovial joint between the dens of the axis and the ring formed by the anterior arch and the transverse ligament of the atlas. Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis mediana, Cruveilhier's joint, middle atlantoepistrophic joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peg-and-socket joint | <anatomy> A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, prop, a bolting together, fr. To fasten with bolts or nails, bolt, nail: cf. F. Gomphose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |