Uniarticular
Uniarticular is an adjective used in anatomy and medicine to describe structures or conditions that involve or act upon a single joint. It is commonly contrasted with biarticular, meaning crossing two joints, and multiarticular, referring to structures that span three or more joints. The term helps clinicians and educators specify the functional scope of muscles, tendons, ligaments, or diseases.
In anatomy, uniarticular refers to components that cross only one joint. For muscles, this means the muscle
In clinical contexts, uniarticular is used to describe patterns of disease or injury that affect only one
Examples help illustrate the distinction: the quadriceps femoris has uniarticular components (the vastus muscles) that act