Definition of Articulatory system

1. Noun. The system of joints in the body.

Group relationships: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure
Generic synonyms: System
Terms within: Articulatio, Articulation, Joint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Articulatory System

articulationes membri superioris liberi
articulationes metacarpophalangeae
articulationes metatarsophalangeae
articulationes ossiculorum auditus
articulationes pedis
articulationes sternocostales
articulationes tarsometatarseae
articulationes zygapophyseales
articulations
articulations of foot
articulations of hand
articulative
articulator
articulators
articulatory
articulatory system (current term)
articulography
articulostat
articulus
artier
arties
artiest
artifact
artifactitious
artifacts
artifactual
artifical
artifice
artificer
artificers

Literary usage of Articulatory system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to human anatomy including the anatomy of the tissues by William Turner (1877)
"Thus the bones collectively form the Osseous system; the joints the Articulatory system; the muscles, which move the bones at the joints, the Muscular ..."

2. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"... through the labors of Samuel Heinicke, the great upholder of the vocal or articulatory system, which is still retained at Vienna and throughout Germany. ..."

3. Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities by Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities, Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities. Committee on Lunacy, Committee on Lunacy, Board of Public Charities, Pennsylvania (1871)
"... which were for many years conducted on the articulatory system, have given it up, and they are now giving instruction in speaking and lip reading only ..."

4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"Is there something," he says, " which we may call provisionally a trophic centre for the osseous and articulatory system in the immediate neighbourhood of ..."

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