Fibrous Joints
Where are fibrous joints found?
What is the skull
What is the primary function of cartilaginous joints?
What is more mobility
What is one type of synovial joint?
What is ball-and-socket joint
Functional junctions between the bones
What are joints
What makes up a joint?
What is Tissue.
What are the most common fibrous joints?
What are sutures
Where are Cartilaginous joints located?
What is between the epiphysis and diaphysis
What does synovial fluid do?
What is provides lubrication and shock absorption
Lie between bones that closely contact one another
What are fibrous joints
The types of joints found in the bone of the skull
What are sutures
What is the main function of fibrous joints?
What is strength and protection
What tissue makes up cartilaginous joints?
What is cartilage
What is the primary function of synovial joints?
What is free movement
White fibrous consisting of the protein collagen, common in connective tissue including the bone matrix
What are cartilaginous joints
Another name for gliding joints
What are plane joints
Another word for limited movement
What is amphiarthrotic
Allow limited movement of cartilaginous joints
What is the function of the slight flexibility of the discs
Flattened shock absorbing pads of fibrocartilage that appear in some synovial joints
What are menisci
Allow free movement
What are synovial joints
The three types of phalanx found in a phalange
What are proximal, middle, and distal
Joint in the leg between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula have. . .
What is limited movement
2 Types of Cartilaginous Joints
What are synchondroses and symphyses
Separate the articulating surfaces of the femur and tibia
What is a menisci
Forms between bones whose articulating surfaces have both concave and convex regions
What are saddle joints
Number of joints in the human body
What is 230