body where two or more bones meet to allow movement • Most bone in the body meets at least one other bone in a joint. • The shape of a joint depends on its function. • A joint is also known as an articulation. 3
bound by a tough, fibrous tissue and there’s no movement. These are typically joints that require strength and stability . Fibrous joints can be further sub-classified into sutures, gomphoses and syndesmoses. 5
of the vault of the skull. • Gomphosis: it’s the joint connecting the root of the tooth to its socket. • Syndesmosis: eg The interosseous membrane connecting between the radius and ulna. 6
joints, the bones are united by cartilage. These joints are mainly limited to the axial skeleton, such as the vertebral column. These joints are found in those places where stability and strengthand permit a limited degree of movement. and They are two types of Cartilaginous joints: • Primary (Synchondrosis). • Secondary (Symphysis). 7
joint is a joint in which the bones are held together by a hyaline cartilage . • •Example: Epiphyseal plate in long growing bones (synchondrosis). secondary cartilaginous joint • A secondary cartilaginous joint is a joint in which the bones are held together by a fibrocartilage and the articular surfaces of the bones are covered by a thin layer of hya line cartilage. • • Examples: Pubic symphysis, the inter vertebral disc between bodies of vertebrae (symphyses) 8
with a fibrous joint capsule that is continuous with the periosteum of the joined bones, constitutes the outer boundary of a synovial cavity, and surrounds the bones' articulating surfaces. Synovial joints are often further classified According to the shape of articular or According to the axis of movement 9