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FIBROUS JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrous joint mean? 

FIBROUS JOINT (noun)
  The noun FIBROUS JOINT has 1 sense:

1. an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)play

  Familiarity information: FIBROUS JOINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIBROUS JOINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fibrous joint; sutura; suture

Hypernyms ("fibrous joint" is a kind of...):

articulatio; articulation; joint ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fibrous joint"):

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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