ANKLE JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ankle joint mean? 

• ANKLE JOINT (noun)
  The noun ANKLE JOINT has 1 sense:

1. a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

  Familiarity information: ANKLE JOINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANKLE JOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint

Hypernyms ("ankle joint" is a kind of...):

articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)

Meronyms (parts of "ankle joint"):

anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus (the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint)

Holonyms ("ankle joint" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

 Context examples 

The structure found below the ankle joint required for locomotion.

(Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the anterior tibial artery that runs along the medial side of the ankle to supply the ankle joint.

(Internal Malleolar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The skin that surrounds the tissues of the ankle joint.

(Ankle Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

Harm or hurt to the ankle or ankle joint usually inflicted by an external source.

(Ankle Injury, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A finding of damage to the ankle joint characterized by a break in the continuity of the ankle bone.

(Ankle Fracture, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Your ankle bone and the ends of your two lower leg bones make up the ankle joint.

(Ankle Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Traumatic or pathological injury to the ankle joint in which the continuity of an ankle bone is broken.

(Ankle Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)