Amphiarthrosis

Amphiarthrosis
Diagrammatic section of a symphysis.
Identifiers
TA	A03.0.00.052
FMA	76693
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Amphiarthrosis is a type of continuous, slightly movable joint.^[1]

Types

In amphiarthroses, the contiguous bony surfaces can be:

• A symphysis: connected by broad flattened disks of fibrocartilage, of a more or less complex structure, which adhere to the ends of each bone, as in the articulations between the bodies of the vertebrae or the inferior articulation of the two hip bones (aka the pubic symphysis).
• An interosseous membrane - the sheet of connective tissue joining neighboring bones (e.g. tibia and fibula).^[2]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. "Module - Introduction to Joints". University of Michigan Medical School. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
2. Principles of Anatomy & Physiology, 12th Edition, Tortora & Derrickson, Pub: Wiley & Sons

External links

• "Amphiarthrosis". British Columbia Institute of Technology. Retrieved June 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)