Another name for skull sutures is cranial sutures. These are fibrous joints that connect the bones of the skull.
The joints found in the skull are mainly fibrous joints called sutures, which connect the cranial bones. These sutures help protect the brain while allowing some flexibility and growth in early life.
Fontanelles are eventually replaced by immovable joints in the skull called sutures.
"Synarthrosis" is the medical term meaning tight joints, i.e. joints that allow no movement between the bones. An example of this kind of joint are the sutures of the cranial bones.
fibrous joints
Fibrous joints are classified as joints where bones are held together by fibrous connective tissue. They are further categorized into three types: sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses. Sutures are immovable joints found in the skull, syndesmoses are slightly movable joints held together by ligaments, and gomphoses are specialized joints found between teeth and their sockets.
The skull joints, known as cranial sutures, are most remembered for their intricate patterns of attachment between the bones of the skull. These sutures allow for slight movement during childbirth and head growth in infants, while becoming more rigid in adulthood to provide structural stability to the skull.
The least movable joints are the skull sutures, which are located between the bones of the skull. These joints are fibrous and immovable, providing stability and protection for the brain.
the cranial fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial joints.immovable joints
Suture is a type of fibrous joint which only occurs in the skull (cranium). Only a tiny amount of movement is permitted at sutures, which contributes to the compliance and elasticity of the skull. On the other hand, joints are usually very flexible and can therefore move.
SutureS
Skeletal sutures are immovable joints found between the bones of the skull. These sutures allow the skull to grow during infancy and childhood, but eventually fuse together in adulthood to form a single, solid structure. The main types of sutures in the skull are the sagittal suture, coronal suture, lambdoid suture, and squamous suture.