ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -A suture is a type of fibrous joint that is only found in the skull (cranial suture). The bones are bound together by Sharpey’s fibres. A tiny amount of movement is permitted at sutures, which contributes to the compliance and elasticity of the skull. These joints are synarthroses.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are two types of fibrous joints: suture and gomphosis. A suture is formed by the fibrous covering, or periosteum, of two bones passing between them. In the adult, sutures are found only in the roof and sides of the braincase and in the upper part of the face.

Detailed explanation-3: -A suture is the narrow fibrous joint found between most bones of the skull. At a syndesmosis joint, the bones are more widely separated but are held together by a narrow band of fibrous connective tissue called a ligament or a wide sheet of connective tissue called an interosseous membrane.

Detailed explanation-4: -1: Sutures: Sutures are fibrous joints found only in the skull. Figure 38.10. 1: Gomphoses: Gomphoses are fibrous joints between the teeth and their sockets.

Detailed explanation-5: -The three types of fibrous joints are sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses.