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C.H. Barnett et al., Synovial Joints: Their Structure and Mechanics (1961), a text on the general arthrology of synovial joints that contains early advances; M.A. MacConaill and J.V. Basmajian, Muscles and Movements (1969), which includes a theory of kinematics of muscles and joints and the information about how movements are brought about at individual joints or joint systems as revealed by electromyography; and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (8/year), current research in both basic and applied arthrology from all parts of the English-speaking world. Dhanjoo N. Ghista (ed.), Osteoarthromechanics (1982), discusses bone physiology, human mechanics, and joint anatomy.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top questions added. | Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Better Health Channel - Joints. | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Teach Me Anatomy - Joints. | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BCCampus Publishing - Concepts of Biology οΏ½ 1st Canadian Edition - Joints and Skeletal Movement. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Anatomy and Physiology 2e - Classification of Joints. | Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Joints. | Dec 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Anatomy, Joints. | Oct 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Health Encyclopedia - Anatomy of a Joint. | Jul 26, 2022 | ||
| Added an image showing hyaline cartilage. | Nov 02, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - How Many Joints Are in the Human Body? | Feb 24, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Science: Human Body and Mind - Joint. | Mar 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: InnerBody.com - Types of Joints. | Mar 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Joint. | Aug 28, 2013 | ||
| Added diagram of ligaments and cartilage at a knee joint. | Jan 28, 2011 | ||
| Added diagram of synovial joint. | Feb 16, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Francesco Redi. | May 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard. | Apr 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Joints. | Apr 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Ohio University - Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Apr 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Minnesota State University - Joints. | Apr 18, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 16, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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