Section 1
Any place where adjacent bones or bone and cartilage come together (articulate with each other) to form a connection
Joint/articulation
All the bones of the skull, except for the mandible are joined by
sutures
A synchondrosis may be temporary or permanent, an epiphyseal plate is an example of
temporary
A synchondrosis is found at the first sternocostal joint of the ________ cage
thoracic
A cartilaginous joint is called a _______ when the bones are united by fibrocartilage
symphysis
A ______ joint, such as the hip joint, allows for three types of movement: anteriorposterior, medial-lateral, and rotational
multiaxial
A _______ is a specialized fibrous joint that anchors a tooth to its socket in the jaw
gomphosis
Fibrocartilage is very strong due to numerous bundles of thick ______ fibers
collagen
A syndesmosis is a _______ joint that unites parallel bones
fibrous
Cartilaginous Joints can be Fibrocartilage (symphysis) or
Hyaline (synchondrosis)
Most diarthrotic joints are found in the ______ skeleton
appendicular
Gap between the bones that may be narrow, with the bones joined by ligaments, or filled in by a broad sheet of connective tissue
Interosseous membrane
The pubic portions of the right and left hip bones of the pelvis are joined together by fibrocartilage, forming the pubic
symphysis
Which type of fibrous joint connects the tibia and fibula?
syndesmosis
This ______ anchors a tooth to the jaw
gomphosis
Fibrous joints, Cartilaginous joints, and Synovial joints are ______ Classifications of joints
Structural
This happens at these suture joints
Synostosis
At _______ joints, bones are united by hyaline cartilage to form a synchondrosis or by fibrocartilage to form a symphysis
cartilaginous
The manubriosternal joint is classified as a ______ joint
synarthrosis
An example of a wide fibrous joint is the _________ membrane of the forearm
interosseous
The suture joints of the skull are an example of a _________, an immobile or essentially immobile joint
synarthrosis
The _______ of a newborn’s skull are broad areas of fibrous connective tissue that form fibrous joints between the bones of the skull
fontanelles
Permanent synchondroses retain their hyaline cartilage and thus do not ______ with age
ossify
The joint between adjacent vertebrae that includes an invertebral disc is classified as which type of joint?
amphiarthrosis
The metacarpophalangeal joint is classified as a ______ diarthrosis
biaxial