NOUN
- a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
How To Use enarthrosis In A Sentence
- The incudostapedial joint is an enarthrosis, surrounded by an articular capsule; some observers have described an articular disk or meniscus in this joint; others regard the joint as a syndesmosis. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles
- The bony surfaces would of themselves constitute an enarthrosis and allow of movement in all directions, were it not for the annular ligament, by which the head of the radius is bound to the radial notch of the ulna, and which prevents any separation of the two bones laterally. III. Syndesmology. 6d. Elbow-joint
- There is one form where the movement is polyaxial, the enarthrosis or ball-and-socket joint; and finally there are the arthrodia or gliding joints. III. Syndesmology. 3. Classification of Joints
