Condyloid joint

Condyloid joint
1: Ball and socket joint; 2: Condyloid joint (Ellipsoid); 3: Saddle joint; 4 Hinge joint; 5: Pivot joint;
Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view
Details
Latin	articulatio ellipsoidea
Identifiers
Gray's	p.285
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_64/12161206
TA	A03.0.00.049
Anatomical terminology

A condyloid joint (also called condylar, ellipsoidal, or bicondylar^[1]) is an ovoid articular surface, or condyle that is received into an elliptical cavity. This permits movement in two planes, allowing flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and circumduction.

Examples

Examples include:^[2]

• the wrist-joint
• metacarpophalangeal joints
• metatarsophalangeal joints

These are also called happy joints. Oval shaped condyle of one bone fits into elliptical cavity of other bone. These joints allow biaxial movements i.e foreword-backward and side to side but not rotation. Radius carpal, Metacarpo- phalangeal joints are examples of condyloid joint.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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