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articulation
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joint, the place of contact between bones, between bone and cartilage, or between bones and teeth
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arthrology
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the scientific study of joints
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mobility and stability of joints
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an inverse relation
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fibrous joint
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occurs where bones are held together by dense regular connective tissue
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cartilaginous joint
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occurs where bones are joined by cartilage
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synovial joint
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has a fluid-filled, synovial cavity that separates the articulating surfaces of the bones, and these articulating surfaces are enclosed within a capsule
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synarthrosis
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an immovable joint
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amphiarthrosis
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slightly movable joint
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diarthrosis
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freely movable joint
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summary of joint classifications
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see table 9.1
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gomphosis
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"peg in a socket", only example is individual teeth in a socket
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sutures
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immovable fibrous joints found only between certain bones of the skull
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synnostoses
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obliterated sutures in the skull due to fusion between the two bones
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syndesmoses
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fibrous joints in which articulating bones are joined by long strands of dense regular connective tissue only (radius and ulna, tibia and fibula)
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interosseous membrane
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syndesmoses bound to each other side by side by a broad ligamentous eheet
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