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Q: What is mild sclerosis in the left clavicle adjacent to the sternoclavicular joint?
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What joint connects the axial and appendicular skeletons?

Scapula and clavicle


What contributes the limitation of movement in the joints?

limited by the position of the clavicle joint at the sternoclavicular joint


What two joints are formed containing the medial and lateral ends of the clavicle?

The medial end of the clavicle forms the sternoclavicular joint. The lateral end of the clavicle forms the acromioclavicular joint.


Is the SC joint is the only bone to bone joint that holds the shoulder complex onto the thorax?

"The clavicle articulates with the sternum to form the sternoclavicular joint, the only direct connection between the upper extremity and the trunk. The sternoclavicular joint is extremely weak because of its bony arrangement, but it is held securely by the sternoclavicular ligament that pull the clavicle downward and twoards the sternum, thus anchoring it.


What bones make up the sternoclavicular joint?

Bones that are involved are the sternum and the ribs.


A joint that doesn't move?

The sternoclavicular joint is a joint which does not move. This is the area of cartilage which joins the clavicle (or collar bone) to the sternum (or breast bone).


How many saddle joints are in the human body?

There is the sternoclavicular-joint and the carpalmetacarpal-joint of the thumb. So in total: 4


How many bones connect the torso to the arm?

Gleno-humeral joint (scapula to humerus) Claviculo-acromial joint (clavicle to acromion of scapula) Sternoclavicular joint (attaches clavicle to sternum) Scapula articulates with the back of the chest so bones humerus (in the arm), clavicle sternum and scapula


What are three names of joints?

There are actually only two. The glenohumeral (or scapulohumeral) which is the joint between the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula, and the acromioclavicular, which is the joint between the clavicle and the acromion of the scapula. I guess you could also include the sternoclavicular, which is the joint between the sternum and the clavicle, but that is not technically part of the shoulder girdle.


Is the sternoclavicular joint a small intermediate or major joint?

intermediate joint


What is the joint of coastal cartilage?

Hyaline Cartilage


What specific structure does the medial end of the clavicle articulate?

The lateral third has two surfaces, an upper and a lower; and two borders, an anterior and a posterior.