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Joints
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Fibrous | Articulating bones fastened together by thin layer of dense connective tissue containing many collagenous fibers |
| Syndesmosis | Bones are bound by long fibers of connective tissue that form an interosseous ligament |
| Suture | Between flat bones of the skull, where the broad margins of adjacent bones grow together and unite by a thin layer of dense connective tissue called a sutural ligament |
| Gomphosis | A joint formed by the union of a cone-shaped bony process in a bony socket |
| What is Cartilaginous | Articulating bones connected by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage |
| Synchondrosis | Bones united by bands of hyaline cartilage |
| Symphysis | Articular surfaces separated by thin layers of hyaline cartilage attached to band of fibrocartilage |
| What is Synovial | Articulating bones surrounded by a joint capsule of ligament and synovial membranes; ends of articulating bones covered by hyaline cartilage and separated by synovial fluid |
| Ball-and-socket | Ball shaped head of one bone articulates with cup-shaped socket of another |
| Condyloid | Oval-shaped conayle of one bone articulates with elliptical of another |
| Gliding | Articlating surfaces are nearly flat or slightly curved |
| Hinge | Convex surface of one bone articulates with concave surface of another |
| Pivot | Cylindrical surface of one bone articulates with ring of bone and fibrous tissue |
| Saddle | Forms between bones whose articulating surfaces have both concave and convex region |
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