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Gliding joints are found between vertebrae except for the first two which have a pivoit joint.
Pivot joints are found in the spine at the first and second cervical vertebrae. Plane joints/gliding joints are also found in the posterior aspect of the vertebrae.
between the vertebrae
Vertebrae are gliding joints and also considered cartilaginous joints. However, the first two vertebra are pivot joints. They allow you to nod your head and look to each side.
Gliding Joints can be found in your ankles, wrists and spine.
The root prefix "arthro" gives it away. "Arthro" means having to do with the joints in the body. Arthritis is found in and around joints in the body, including joints in your spine between vertebrae.
There are two places where sliding joints can be found: between the vertebrae and in the wrist.
The most common slightly movable joints are the joints between the vertebrae. Two more are found in pelvis: the sacroiliac and the symphysis pubis joints.
intervertebral discs are not found in the sacrum and coccyx, where the vertebrae have fused, or between the first and second cervical vertebrae.
Invertebral discs
in the spinal canal between the vertebrae.
Joints may be synovial (with a cavity) or fibrous. Synovial joints are filled with synovial fluid. Fibrous joints lack this. Fibrous joints are found in between the vertebrae. Cartilage in is both joints. This can be hylaine or fibrocartilage. Both regenerate. The synovial fluid is rather slippery and allows easy movement in those joints. If this joint is suddenly and rapidly pulled, the fluid doesn't fill quickly and a "snapping" sound is heard.