Introduction While your teeth and bones have certain similarities, the most notable being that they are both comprised of strong materials and are the same color, they are not the same. Teeth are not composed of bone. Throughout your life, your bones are constantly being repaired and remade. Because of this, if you break a…
Introduction A hip fracture is a break in your hip joint’s thighbone (femur).The joints are locations where two or more bones meet. The hip joint, which connects your thighbone to your pelvic bone, is a “ball and socket” joint. The head of the thighbone is the hollow part of the hip joint. The socket is…
Ankle joints are the most common joints we use in our day-to-day lives, and they’re also the most common joints that require care and attention. Ankle joints are a series of joints that connect your lower leg to your foot, and they’re used for a wide variety of movements and positions. Even the smallest ankle…
Introduction: knee joint is the largest and most complex joint of the body. The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the body. The knee joins the femur to the tibia. The smaller bone that runs alongside the tibia and the patella are the other bones that make the knee joint….
Introduction ~The hip joint (see the image below) is a ball-and-socket type of synovial joint. ~The ball is the femoral head, and the socket is the acetabulum. The hip joint is the articulation of the pelvis with the femur, which connects the axial skeleton with the lower extremity. ~The hip joint is a ball and…
Introduction The wrist joint is the joint where the hand and forearm meet. The wrist joint is made up of small bones called carpals, which are held together by ligaments, tendons, and muscles. The wrist joint is a complex joint that allows for a wide range of motion. The wrist joint is also the starting…
The elbow joint is the joint where the arm meets the body. It is made up of three bones: the humerus, or upper arm bone, and the radius and ulna, the bones of the lower arm. The main purpose of the elbow joint is to allow the arm to move in a wide range of…
Shoulder Joint Anatomy ~The shoulder joint (glenohumeral joint) is a ball and socket joint between the scapula and the humerus. It is the major joint connecting the upper limb to the trunk. ~t is one of the most mobile joints in the human body, at the cost of joint stability. In this article, we shall…
