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单词 syndesmosis
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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'.

 
 

Definition of syndesmosis in US English:

syndesmosis

nounˌsinˌdezˈmōsəs
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.
    • Leg specimens were prepared by transversely sectioning the proximal tibia above the proximal tibiofibular syndesmosis with a bone saw.
    • The coracoclavicular syndesmosis may be a diarthrosis or a cartilaginous symphysis.
    • Radiographs may reveal malleolar fractures, talar dome fractures or disruption of the ankle syndesmosis.

Origin

Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek sundesmos ‘binding, fastening’.

 
 
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