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).
Movement Short Definition. Examples of: Types of Synovial Joints permitting this movement. 1. Flexion: A movement decreasing the angle between articulating bones. (Some texts express this as decreasing the inner angle of the joint.) Ball and socket ; Condyloid ; Hinge ; Pivot ; Saddle; 2. Extension: A movement increasing the angle between articulating bones.