Lecture 5: Joints

Two or more bones at their contact

immovable joints (stuck together by tissues)

• fibrous joint

• cartilaginous joint

• synovial joint

slightly movable joints

• fibrous joints

• cartilaginous joints

• synovial joints

freely movable joints

• fibrous joints

• cartilaginous joints

• synovial joints

Suture joints and fontanelles are examples of _____ joints.

basically means a big hole in the skeleton

The anterior fontanelle can also be called the

• bregma

• soft spot

• coronal suture

• frontal bone

fibrous joint that goes down the middle of the skull, dividing it into left and right halves

• sagittal suture

• frontal bone

• anterior fontanelle

• coronal suture

What fibrous joint is separating blue and yellow?

• coronal suture

• sagittal suture

• bregma

• metopic suture

this joint is located at the anterior part of the skill, going down between the eyes, and disappears within the first year of life

• metopic suture

• bregma

• coronal suture

• frontal bone