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Joint Disorder

What are joints?

Your joints are places where two or more bones come together. Your shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, and knuckles are all joints. Your spine has joints, too.

But joints are more than bones. They include the soft tissues around them, such as cartilage, tendons and ligaments. Cartilage is the hard slippery flexible tissue that covers the ends of your bones at a joint. Tendons are tough, flexible bands that connect your muscles to your bones so you can move your joints. Ligaments connect the bones of the joint to each other to keep them stable when you move.

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  1. Joint Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are joints? Your joints are places where two or more bones come together. Your shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, and knuckles are all joints. Your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/jointdisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Osteoarthritis (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... a type of arthritis that only affects the joints, usually in the hands, knees, hips, neck, and ... most common type of arthritis. In a healthy joint, the ends of the bones are covered with ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/osteoarthritis.html - Health Topics
  3. Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (National Library of Medicine)  
    The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) connects your jaw to the side of your head. When it works well, it enables you to ... For people with TMJ dysfunction, problems with the joint and muscles around it may cause : Pain that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/temporomandibularjointdysfunction.html - Health Topics
  4. Hypermobile joints 
    Hypermobile joints are joints that move beyond the normal range with little effort. Joints most commonly affected are the elbows, wrists, fingers, and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003295.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Joint pain 
    Joint pain can affect one or more joints. ... Joint pain can be caused by many types of injuries or conditions. It may be linked to ... and muscle pain . No matter what causes it, joint pain can be very bothersome. Some things that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003261.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Arthritis 
    ... is inflammation or degeneration of one or more joints. A joint is the area where 2 bones meet. There ... Arthritis involves the breakdown of structures of the joint, particularly cartilage. Normal cartilage protects a joint and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001243.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Joint swelling 
    Joint swelling is the buildup of fluid in the soft tissue surrounding the joint or the joint itself. ... Joint swelling may occur along with joint pain . The swelling may cause the joint to appear larger ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003262.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Synovial fluid analysis 
    ... analysis is a group of tests that examine joint (synovial) fluid. The tests help diagnose and treat joint-related problems. ... straw-colored liquid found in small amounts in joints. After the skin around the joint is cleaned, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003629.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Joint fluid culture 
    Joint fluid culture is a laboratory test to detect infection-causing germs in a sample of fluid surrounding a joint. ... A sample of joint fluid is needed. This may be done in a doctor's office using a needle, or during an operating room ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003742.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Joint fluid Gram stain 
    Joint fluid Gram stain is a laboratory test to identify bacteria in a sample of joint fluid using a special series of stains (colors). ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003743.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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