Saddle joint
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| 1: Ball and socket joint; 2: Condyloid joint (Ellipsoid); 3: Saddle joint; 4 Hinge joint; 5: Pivot joint; | |
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| Ligaments of wrist. Posterior view. | |
| Latin | articulatio sellaris |
| Gray's | subject #70 286 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_64zPzhtm#/12161531 |
In a saddle joint (sellar joint, articulation by reciprocal reception) the opposing surfaces are reciprocally concavo-convex.
The movements are the same as in a condyloid joint; that is to say, flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and circumduction are allowed; but no axial rotation.
The best example of this form is the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb.
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