Facet arthropathy, also known as facet osteoarthritis, is a type of wear-and-tear arthritis affecting the spine. It affects the bony protrusions, called facet joints, that connect the bones of the ...

In the highest risk group (male sex, positive rheumatoid factor, longstanding and erosive joint disease), up to 80% of individuals will have involvement of the cervical spine joints (vertebra in ...

Other bones are joined to each other by flexible joints. The vertebrae have limited movement, but the shoulders, elbows and knees are joints that allow more movement.