Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 9 - Joints - Study Guide - Testing Your Recall - Page 305: 2

Answer

b. a synostosis

Work Step by Step

A synostosis is the least movable because it is a bony joint formed when the gap between two bones ossifies. An example of this type of joint is the right and left frontal bones in an infant fuse seamlessly into a single frontal bone in an adult.
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