Chapter 8:Joints

Immovable joints

Slightly movable joints

Freely movable joints

Type of joint in which bundles of connective tissue unite bones

Immovable joint, such as that between flat bones of skull

Type of joint in which cone-shaped process is fastened in a bony socket

Membranous region between certain developing cranial bones in the skull of a fetus or infant

Dense connective tissue that surrounds a tooth and attaches it to the jawbone

Type of joint in which bands of hyaline cartilage unite bones

Slightly movable joint between bones separated by a pad of fibrocartilage

Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints

An envelope, attached to the end of each bone joint, enclosing the cavity of a synovial joint

Cord or sheet of connective tissue binding to 2 or more bones at a joint

Membrane that forms the inner lining of the capsule of a freely movable joint

Lubricating fluid that the synovial membrane secretes

Fibrocartilage that separates the articulating surfaces of bones in the knee

Saclike fluid-filled cushioning structure, lined with synovial membrane, near a joint