fibrous joint
Noun
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is a type of: articulatio, articulation, joint - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)subtypes:
- coronal suture, sutura coronalis - the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull
- frontal suture, sutura frontalis - the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)
- intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris - the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone
- internasal suture, sutura internasalis - the suture between the two nasal bones
- lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea - the suture between the occipital and parietal bones
- occipitomastoid suture - the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture
- parietomastoid suture - the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones
- interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis - the suture uniting the two parietal bones
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