Definition: 'Articular Surface'
articular surface
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. any surface of a skeletal formation (bone, cartilage) that makes normal direct contact with another skeletal structure as part of a synovial joint; bony articular surfaces are usually covered with articular cartilage.
Synonyms:
facies articularis
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