Articulatio composita –>
compound joint
a joint composed of three or more skeletal elements, or in which two anatomically separate joints function as a unit. For example, the telonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints act together as the compound transverse tarsal joint.
Synonym: articulatio complexa, articulatio composita, composite joint, compound articulation.
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