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    FIBROUS JOINT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    fibrous joint; sutura; suture

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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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