1. Joint Type Notes

2. 1. Fibrous Joints Generally immovable
Bones connected by fibrous tissue
Example: Skull bones
Figure 5.27d, e
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3. 2. Cartilaginous Joints Immovable or slightly moveable
Bones connected by thick fibrocartilage
Examples:
pubic joint
Vertebral joints
Figure 5.27b, c
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4. 3. Synovial Joints Freely moveable
Bones connected by joint cavity (space) and synovial fluid
Example:
Shoulder
Elbow
Carpal to carpal
Figure 5.27f–h
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5. Joints Type Notes Fibrous joints Cartilaginous joints Synovial joints
Examples:
Skull bones
(parietal to occipital)
Fibrous joints
Generally immovable
Bones connected by fibrous tissue
Cartilaginous joints
Immovable or slightly moveable
Bones connected by thick fibrocartilage
Synovial joints
Freely moveable
Bones connected by joint
cavity (space) and synovial fluid
Examples:
Vertebra to vertebra
Pubic to pubic
Examples:
Knee (femur to tibia)
Shoulder
(humerus to ulna)