commissura (general term for every kind of joining; also of the limbs of the human body): artus: articulus (joint by which the limbs are connected with each other, or with the rest of the body; artus, sing., not found till the late poets of the Silver Age. (The words are found in this connection and order.) commissurae et artus): vertebra (joint that facilitates the motion of the limbs, especially of the joints of the spine; ☞ Plin., 11, 46, 106): spondylus (joint of the spine and neck): colligatio: verticula (joint in carpentry, architecture, machinery, etc.; colligatio, as simply joining; verticula, as facilitating motion, turning; ☞ Vitr. 10, 1, 2; 10, 8, 1): cardo (hinge-joint): nodus: articulus: geniculum (joint or knot in plants).