JOINTS
Dr. Geethu C R
Junior Resident
Department of Anatomy
,• Junction between two or more bones or cartilages
• It is a device to permit movements
• Articulation (Latin)
• Arthron (Greek)
• Arthrology
• Arthritis
• Immovable joints are primarily meant for growth, they permit moulding du
childbirth
• More joints in a child than in an adult b/z as growth proceeds some of the bo
fuse together
Ileum, ischium and pubis pelvic bone
Two halves of frontal bone
Two haves of mandible
Five sacral vertebrae
Four coccygeal vertebrae
,• With the exception of the hyoid bone, every bone in the body is
connected to or forms a joint.
• There are 230 joints in the body
, functions
1. Hold the skeletal bones together
2. Movement can occur
3. Make the bone growth possible
Dr. Geethu C R
Junior Resident
Department of Anatomy
,• Junction between two or more bones or cartilages
• It is a device to permit movements
• Articulation (Latin)
• Arthron (Greek)
• Arthrology
• Arthritis
• Immovable joints are primarily meant for growth, they permit moulding du
childbirth
• More joints in a child than in an adult b/z as growth proceeds some of the bo
fuse together
Ileum, ischium and pubis pelvic bone
Two halves of frontal bone
Two haves of mandible
Five sacral vertebrae
Four coccygeal vertebrae
,• With the exception of the hyoid bone, every bone in the body is
connected to or forms a joint.
• There are 230 joints in the body
, functions
1. Hold the skeletal bones together
2. Movement can occur
3. Make the bone growth possible
