Amphiarthrodial Joints
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Amphiarthrodial Joints: Also known as cartilaginous joints. These are joints such as the intervertebral discs, sternebrae, sacro-iliac joints, pelvic symphyses, and mandibular symphyses. Ampiarthrodical joints are only slightly movable, with some, such as the intervertebral discs, being more movable than others, such as the symphysis pubis where the two pubic bones come together.
These joints are found in two types. In a symphyses, the bones connected by broad flattened fibrocartilage discs and in a synchondrosis/ the bones are connected by hyaline growth cartilage. This cartilage directly unites one bone too another, hence the term "cartilaginous joint."
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