Cartilaginous joint

Cartilaginous joint
Cartilaginous joints
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Identifiers
Latinjunctura cartilaginea
TA98A03.0.00.015
TA21528
FMA7496
Anatomical terminology

Cartilaginous joints are connected entirely by cartilage (fibrocartilage or hyaline).[1] Cartilaginous joints allow more movement between bones than a fibrous joint but less than the highly mobile synovial joint. Cartilaginous joints also forms the growth regions of immature long bones and the intervertebral discs of the spinal column.

  1. ^ "Module - Introduction to Joints". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-01-29.