9.2 Fibrous Joints

Question 1

Three types of fibrous joints

Answer 1

1) sutures
2) syndesmoses
3) interosseous membranes

Question 2

Suture

Answer 2

Occur between bones of the skull.

In children they are amphiarthroses, but become synarthroses in adulthood.

Question 3

Synostosis

Answer 3

Bony joint, a complete fusion of two separate bones into one.

Question 4

Syndesmosis

Answer 4

Fibrous joint where there is greater distance between articulating surfaces and more dense irregular connective tissue than in a suture.

Question 5

Gomphosis

Answer 5

Cone shaped peg fits into a socket.

Question 6

Interosseous membrane

Answer 6

Dense irregular connective tissue that binds long bones and permits slight movement (amphiarthrosis).