By Team Aakash Byju's
Fibrous joints are further classified into three categories based on their location.
- Surtures - Gomphosis - Syndesmoses
These joints are made up of a thin layer of dense fibrous connective tissue that is attached to certain skull bones.
– Serrate sutures – Denticulate sutures – Squamous sutures – Limbous sutures – Plane sutures – Wedge and groove sutures
Depending upon the shape and mode of fusion of articulating surfaces the sutures are further classified into:
It is a specialized fibrous joint that provides each tooth with an independent and firm suspension.
Location: In the maxilla and mandible.
It is a type of fibrous joint wherein the interosseous ligaments connect two separate bones.
Syndesmoses fibrous joints include vertebral joints, coracoclavicular joints and old sacroiliac joints.