Chapter 8, Problem 2CA

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The type of fibrous joint that binds bones by long connective tissue fibers and the fibrous joint that joins bones (flat) by a thin layer of connective tissue.

Introduction:

Fibrous joints are those that do not possess any cavity. These joints are generally immovable. If they are movable, then they are slightly movable. For example, sutures:the joints of the skull which are the immovable joints, and bones of the vertebral column:they are the joints that are slightly movable.