NOUN
- a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid
How To Use synovial membrane In A Sentence
- The synovial membrane of the ankle-joint passes up between the bones of the leg to line the inferior tibio-fibular joint; but it is distinct from that of the intertarsal joints, which communicate with one another in a complicated manner. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- The pouch of synovial membrane between the Quadriceps and front of the femur is supported, during the movements of the knee, by a small muscle, the Articularis genu, which is inserted into it. III. Syndesmology. 7b. The Knee-joint
- The upper surfaces of the menisci are concave, and in contact with the condyles of the femur; their lower surfaces are flat, and rest upon the head of the tibia; both surfaces are smooth, and invested by synovial membrane. III. Syndesmology. 7b. The Knee-joint
- Synovial membrane and the cartilage are in direct contact with the synovial fluid (SF), a plasma transudate supplemented with saccharide-rich molecules produced by type B synoviocytes. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The synovial membrane for these joints is continuous with that of the carpometacarpal articulations. III. Syndesmology. 6i. Intermetacarpal Articulations
- -- A spavin is a chronic inflammation of the articular faces of the hock bones, ligaments and synovial membranes. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
- A very delicate connective tissue, called the synovial membrane, lines the capsules of the joints, and covers the ligaments connected with them. A Practical Physiology
- Synovial membranes lining the inside of the joint produce synovial fluid that provides nutrition to articular cartilage.
- Occasionally the fourth and fifth carpometacarpal joints have a separate synovial membrane. III. Syndesmology. 6h. Carpometacarpal Articulations
- We must admit, however, that the cure of the lesion is generally at the expense of slight lameness, due, in all probability, to inflammatory tissue adhesions between the flexor perforans and the perforatus, and to a partial destruction of the synovial membrane of the sheath. Diseases of the Horse's Foot