Pivot joint

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Pivot joint (trochoid joint, rotary joint): Where the movement is limited to rotation, the joint is formed by a pivot-like process turning within a ring, or a ring on a pivot, the ring being formed partly of bone, partly of ligament.

Examples

• In the transverse ligament of the atlas; here, the ring rotates around the odontoid process.

See also

• waveguide rotary joint

References

External links

• http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/joints_module/joints_17.html

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