Answer
A fibrous joint is a point where adjacent bones are bound together by collagen fibres--Recall that a joint is an articulation where two bones meet. A Suture, Gomphosis and Syndesmosis are all types of fibrous joints. Sutures and Gomphosis fibrous joints are essentially immovable (or with very small movement) due to the separation between the adjacent bones being very small and the collagen fibres very short. However a syndesmosis fibrous joint has more movement, connected with relatively longer collagen fibres. Examples of sutures, gomphosis and syndesmosis are in the brain, tooth attachment and tibia-fibula joint respectively.
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