Joints and artic­u­la­tions are part of the skele­tal sys­tem. I have found in more and more Human A&P 1 classes that they are typ­i­cally talked about sep­a­rately. This is a good thing!  There is so much you have to learn in the skele­tal sys­tem alone, that hav­ing Joints and Artic­u­la­tion dis­cussed in a dif­fer­ent sec­tion give you, the stu­dent, a breather as it where.

Quick (lame) A&P 1 Joke: What did one bone say to the other bone?   What are you doing in a joint like this.

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