. A text-book in general physiology and anatomy. Physiology, Comparative; Anatomy. XVI. THE SKELETON {continued). Joints. In the living body tlie various bones are closely iinited to one another by various kinds of articulations or joints. Some of these joints permit movement of the combining bones, while others are rigid and form a fixed or immov-. FlG. 98 — Forms of joints ; A, hinge joint (elbow); B, ball and socket joint (hip) ; 0, immovable joint (skull sutures). able joint. For convenience it is customary to classify all joints as movable or immovable. To the first class belong such unio
. A text-book in general physiology and anatomy. Physiology, Comparative; Anatomy. XVI. THE SKELETON {continued). Joints. In the living body tlie various bones are closely iinited to one another by various kinds of articulations or joints. Some of these joints permit movement of the combining bones, while others are rigid and form a fixed or immov-. FlG. 98 — Forms of joints ; A, hinge joint (elbow); B, ball and socket joint (hip) ; 0, immovable joint (skull sutures). able joint. For convenience it is customary to classify all joints as movable or immovable. To the first class belong such unions as the shoulder and hip joints, the knee, elbow, wrist and anlde joints, the finger, toe, and jaw articulations, etc. Examples of the other class are found in the sutures of the skull plates and the symphyses of the pelvic bones with the sacrum. The word sutures is restricted to dovetailed joints, and symphyses to those in which the united bones have their edges simply pressed together. 244. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eddy, Walter Hollis, b. 1877. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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