Types of Fibrous Joints

Question 1

types of fibrous joints

Answer 1

suture, syndesmoses, gomphosis

Question 2

suture

Answer 2

• held together by dense fibrous CT
• synarthrosis
• ex. joints between flat bones

Question 3

syndesmoses

Answer 3

• held together with bundles sheets of fibrous CT
• amphiarthrosis
• ex. tibia and fibula

Question 4

gomphosis

Answer 4

• between roots of teeth and alveoli of jaw
• dense fibrous CT
• synarthrosis