Diarthrosis: What they are, Characteristics, Types and Functions

equipped with joint capsule and articular cartilage, and characterized by a marked mobility.

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There are at least 6 different types of diarthrosis: flat diarthrosis, hinged diarthrosis, pivot diarthrosis, condylar diarthrosis, saddle diarthrosis and ball diarthrosis.
Sometimes equipped with fibrocartilage discs, ligaments, tendons and synovial bags, the most important diarthroses in the human body are: the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, the elbow, the wrist, the hip, the knee and the ankle.

of the human body that join two bone surfaces through a structure called joint capsule, which is in close contact with the periosteum of the same bone surfaces involved.