Chapter 8, Problem 12CA

Summary Introduction

To describe:

The six types of synovial joints and their examples.

Introduction:

Synovial joints are the joints that are developed among the three types of joints − the synovial joints, the fibrous joints, and the cartilaginous joints. The second and the third joints that is the fibrous joints are immovable of slightly movable joints. However, the synovial joints are the most movable joints, or they are freely movable joints. They consist of two types of cartilage − the hyaline cartilage and the fibrocartilage.