Change: muscles (Hilton's law ).muscles.Are classified on the basis of their structural features into fibrous, cartilaginous and synovial types.Fibrous joints (synarthroses)Are joined by fibrous tissue, have no joint cavities , and permit little movement.1. SuturesAre connected by fibrous connective   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 457)

Change: jointsAre formed by the reception of a globular (ball-like) head into a cup-shaped cavity and allow movement in many directions.Allow flexion and extension, abduction and adduction, medial and lateral rotations, and circumduction and occur in the shoulder and hip joints.◄.....Go back to the Gross Anatomy homepage   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 460)

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Change: Permit a great degree of free movement and are classified according to the shape of the articulation and/or type of movement.Are characterized by four features: joint cavity, articular (hyaline) cartilage,synovial membrane (which produces synovial fluid), and articular capsule.I. Plane (gliding) jointsAre united   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 274)

Change: SuturesI.SuturesAre connected by fibrous connective tissue (i.e., like uniting a wound with stitches).Are found between the flat bones of the skull.II. SyndesmosesAre connected by fibrous connective tissue.Occur as the inferior tibiofibular and tympanostapedial syndesmoses.Cartilaginous joints Are united by cartilage   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 193)

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