Your joints are made of bones and the connective tissues that hold them together, including: Cartilage. A joint is any place in your body where two bones meet. They're part of your skeletal system. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic. A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole. They are constructed to allow for different degrees and types of movement. Joints can be classified by the type of the tissue present (fibrous, cartilaginous or synovial), or by the degree of movement permitted (synarthrosis, amphiarthrosis or diarthrosis). Joints vary in structure, from immovable to highly mobile, depending on their location and function in the. The point at which two bones lay adjacent to each other (with or without the ability to move) is called a joint.
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