symphysis

IPA: sɪmfˈɪsɪs

(anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
(anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw).
(medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
(anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.

Examples of "symphysis" in Sentences

The first form is termed a symphysis (Fig. 298), the second a syndesmosis.
Pubic symphysis ache, neck tension, even when I turned my ankle, she fixed me right up.
Separation of pubic symphysis cartilage between the pubic bones in the front of your pelvis
Strain or separation of pubic symphysis joint or sciatica pain in the lower back from pelvic joint stress
Near the lower part of the symphysis is a pair of laterally placed spines, termed the mental spines, which give origin to the Genioglossi.
Sometimes in pregnancy or during birth, the pubic joint in the front of the pelvis pubic symphysis widens or separates, causing some women to experience mild to debilitating pain in the pubic region after giving birth.
The study, published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, also found that obese women had a more than three-fold increased risk of suffering from a condition known as symphysis-pubis dysfunction, which affects the pelvic joints and may cause walking difficulties if severe.
Extending upward and backward on either side from the lower part of the symphysis is the mylohyoid line, which gives origin to the Mylohyoideus; the posterior part of this line, near the alveolar margin, gives attachment to a small part of the Constrictor pharyngis superior, and to the pterygomandibular raphé.