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 pressure balanced Single or Universal Expansion joint is an assembly designed to absorb axial movement and /or lateral deflection while the pressure thrust is balanced by means of an additional bellows and tie rods.
The structural classification system groups joints into three types: synovial, cartilaginous, and fibrous joints, while the functional, or degree of movement, classification system groups joints into diarthrosis, synarthrosis, and amphiarthrosis type joints. Synovial Joints