Fibrous Joints

Question 1

What is a fibrous joint? What’s an example? Is there any movemt?

Answer 1

Bones joined by dense regular connective tissue
Sutúres of skull where there is no cavity
No, it’s synarthrosis

Question 2

What are the 3 specific types? Fibrous tisue

Answer 2

Gomphoses
Sutures
Syndesmosis also called intraosseous

Question 3

In Gomphoses, where are they located? Do they move?

Answer 3

• mandible, teeth, maxilla
• no. It’s synarthrosis

Question 4

What are sutures (location)
Mobility?

Answer 4

• joints between skull bones
• no movements (synarthrosis)

Question 5

Syndesmosis location and second name
Mobility?
Give me an example

Answer 5

Second name; intraosseous
Location: joints between parallel bones (radius and ulna)
Slightly moveable (amphiarthrosis)