ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Synarthroses (immovable joints), also known as fixed or fibrous joints, are defined as two or more bones in close proximity that have no movement. An example of immovable joints are the plates of the skull.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are many types of joints, including joints that don’t move in adults, such as the suture joints in the skull. Joints that don’t move are called fixed. Other joints may move a little, such as the vertebrae.

Detailed explanation-3: -(1) Sutures are nonmoving joints that connect bones of the skull. These joints have serrated edges that lock together with fibers of connective tissue. (2) The fibrous articulations between the teeth and the mandible or maxilla are called gomphoses and are also immovable.

Detailed explanation-4: -Immovable joints are found between teeth and mandible, skull sutures, joints found between the first pair of ribs and the sternum, and skull sutures. Joints between the teeth are immovable joints.