This statement was developed by the Public Health Nursing Definition Document Task Force. under the direction of the leadership of the Public Health Nursing Section of the American. Public Health Association. The statement was adopted by the Public Health Nursing Section.
A Universal Expansion joint is an assembly containing two bellows connected by a centre pipe and equipped with tie rods. Universal Expansion joints are mainly used to absorb any combination of the three basic movements in the piping system. (Axial, Lateral, Angular).
Types of Joints. A joint is the point where two or more bones meet. There are three main types of joints; Fibrous (immoveable), Cartilaginous (partially moveable) and the Synovial (freely moveable) joint. Fibrous joints. Fibrous (synarthrodial): This type of joint is held together by only a ligament.