Definition of syndesmosis in English:
syndesmosis
nounPlural syndesmosesˌsɪndɛzˈməʊsɪsˌsinˌdezˈmōsəs
Anatomy An immovable joint in which bones are joined by connective tissue (e.g. between the fibula and tibia at the ankle).
Example sentencesExamples
- Two adjacent ribs, often five and six, and six and seven, sometimes articulate at their costal cartilages by a diarthrosis, synarthrosis, or syndesmosis.
- In the general sporting population, injury to the lateral ligaments accounts for around 90% of all ankle sprains, with less than 10% involving the syndesmoses or medial ankle or both.
- Radiographs may reveal malleolar fractures, talar dome fractures or disruption of the ankle syndesmosis.
- The coracoclavicular syndesmosis may be a diarthrosis or a cartilaginous symphysis.
- Leg specimens were prepared by transversely sectioning the proximal tibia above the proximal tibiofibular syndesmosis with a bone saw.
Origin
Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek sundesmos 'binding, fastening'.