Joint mobilization — is a type of passive movement of a skeletal joint. It is usually aimed at a target synovial joint with the aim of achieving a therapeutic effect. When applied to the spine, it is known as spinal mobilization. Terminology Mobilization is a manual… … Wikipedia
Joint — For other uses, see Joint (disambiguation). Typical Joint A joint is the location at which two or more bones make contact.[1] They are constructed to allow movement and provide mechanical support, and are classified structurally and functionally … Wikipedia
Synovial joint — Typical Joint A Synovial joint, also known as a diarthrosis, is the most common and most movable type of joint in the body of a mammal. As with most other joints, synovial joints achieve movement at the point of contact of the articulating bones … Wikipedia
Condyloid joint — 1: Ball and socket joint; 2: Condyloid joint (Ellipsoid); 3: Saddle joint; 4 Hinge joint; 5: Pivot joint; … Wikipedia
Suture (joint) — This article is about joints in the bones of the cranium. There is also an article about sutures as features of a wide range of animals. Suture also has other meanings in other contexts: Surgical suture, to describe stitches and other techniques… … Wikipedia
temporomandibular joint — n the diarthrosis between the temporal bone and mandible that includes the condyloid process below separated by an articular disk from the glenoid fossa above and that allows for the opening, closing, protrusion, retraction, and lateral movement… … Medical dictionary
Spondylolisthesis — Spondylolisthésis La spondylolisthésis est le glissement d une vertèbre en avant du vertèbre située en dessous d elle. Les vertèbres les plus souvent concernés sont la quatrième et la cinquième vertèbre lombaire. Sommaire 1 Spondylolyse et… … Wikipédia en Français
Spondylolisthésis — Le spondylolisthésis est le glissement d une vertèbre en avant de la vertèbre située en dessous d elle. Les vertèbres les plus souvent concernées sont la quatrième et la cinquième vertèbre lombaire. Sommaire 1 Spondylolyse et spondylolisthésis… … Wikipédia en Français
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
STS-116 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 116 insignia = Sts 116 patch.png shuttle = Discovery crew members = 7 launch pad = LC 39B launch = 2006 12 09 8:47:35 p.m. EST (2006 12 10 01:47:35 UTC) landing = 2006 12 22 5:32:00 p.m. EST (22:32:00 UTC) … Wikipedia
locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… … Universalium