ankylosis
Sign in to saveAnkylosis () is a stiffness of a joint due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of the joint, which may be the result of injury or disease. The rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular structures outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself.
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- Osseous ankylosis has fused two vertebrae of this North Atlantic right whale specimen
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Research
25,725 papers- [Temporo-mandibular ankylosis].Revue de stomatologie, de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et de chirurgie orale · 2016
- Transition from fibrous to bony ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint: A narrative literature review.Stomatologija · 2024
- Ankylosis of temporomandibular joints after mandibular distraction osteogenesis in patients with Nager syndrome: Report of two cases and literature review.Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS · 2017
- [Arthrotic ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint].The Pan African medical journal · 2019
- [Diagnosis and management of unilateral temporomandibular ankylosis].L' Orthodontie francaise · 2025
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Ankylosis () is a stiffness of a joint due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of the joint, which may be the result of injury or disease. The rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular structures outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself.
When the structures outside the joint are affected, the term "false ankylosis" has been used in contradistinction to "true ankylosis", in which the disease is within the joint. When inflammation has caused the joint-ends of the bones to be fused together, the ankylosis is termed osseous or complete and is an instance of synostosis. Excision of a completely ankylotic shoulder or elbow may restore free mobility and usefulness to the limb. "Ankylosis" is also used as an anatomical term, bones being said to ankylose (or anchylose) when, from being originally distinct, they coalesce, or become so joined that no motion can take place between them.
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