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To explain: The reason why synchondrosis is also a synarthrosis.
Concept introduction: Cartilaginous joints are the joints in which the adjacent bones are connected through cartilage (tough and flexible connective tissue). These types of joints lack the joint cavity and may be either slightly immobile or totally immobile. Synchondroses and symphyses are the two types of cartilaginous joints.
To describe: The reason why synchondrosis needs to be immobile.
Concept introduction: Cartilaginous joints are the joints in which the adjacent bones are connected through cartilage (tough and flexible connective tissue). These types of joints lack the joint cavity and may be either slightly immobile or totally immobile. Synchondroses and symphyses are the two types of cartilaginous joints.
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