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Joints

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What is Fibrous   Articulating bones fastened together by thin layer of dense connective tissue containing many collagenous fibers  
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Syndesmosis   Bones are bound by long fibers of connective tissue that form an interosseous ligament  
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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  
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Gomphosis   A joint formed by the union of a cone-shaped bony process in a bony socket  
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What is Cartilaginous   Articulating bones connected by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage  
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Synchondrosis   Bones united by bands of hyaline cartilage  
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Symphysis   Articular surfaces separated by thin layers of hyaline cartilage attached to band of fibrocartilage  
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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  
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Ball-and-socket   Ball shaped head of one bone articulates with cup-shaped socket of another  
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Condyloid   Oval-shaped conayle of one bone articulates with elliptical of another  
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Gliding   Articlating surfaces are nearly flat or slightly curved  
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Hinge   Convex surface of one bone articulates with concave surface of another  
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Pivot   Cylindrical surface of one bone articulates with ring of bone and fibrous tissue  
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Saddle   Forms between bones whose articulating surfaces have both concave and convex region  
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