Across
- 3. Specialized fibrous joint that anchors the root of a tooth into its bony socket within the Jaw bones
- 5. Freely moving joint
- 7. Type of Fibrous joint where two or more bones are tightly connected by fibrous tissue
- 9. Joint where the adjacent bones are united by fibrous connective tissue
- 11. Joint where the bones are joined by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage.
- 12. Bones that meet or touch each other
- 14. Fluid-filled space where adjacent bones articulate with each other
- 15. Fibrous connective tissue that connects bone to bone and provides stability and support to joints
- 16. An immobile joint
Down
- 1. Joint with limited mobility
- 2. Soft spots in an infant's skull where the cranial bones meet.
- 4. Joint that allows for the several directions of movement
- 6. Joint where the articulating surfaces of the bones are not directly connected, but instead come into contact with each other within a joint cavity that is filled with a lubricating fluid.
- 7. Type of fibrous joint in which two parallel bones are united by fibrous connective tissue.
- 8. Another name for joint. A place where adjacent bones or bone and cartilage come together to form a connection.
- 10. Joint that llows for motions within two planes.
- 13. Joint thatonly allows for a motion in a single plane
