Enthesitis-traumatic disease of insertions

G La Cava - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1959 - jamanetwork.com
The human locomotor apparatus consists of an active motor system (muscles) and a passive
system of transmission (bones and joints) connected by an intermediate formation, the
muscular and tendinous insertions. The insertions must be differentiated from the other two
systems both anatomically and functionally. These insertions are effected in three principal
manners:(1) inlaid piercing into the bony substance through periosteum (tendinous
insertion),(2) reinforcing fibrous bundles extending from tendon to ligaments, joint capsule …