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The main function of fibrous joint​

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The main functions of fibrous joints is to serves as a connective tissue or a suture (to bind or sew) which strongly unites the adjacent skull bones and thus helps to protect the brain and form the face. In adults, the skull bones are closely opposed and fibrous connective tissue fills the narrow gap between the bones

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and the example of fibrous joints are

  • sutures between skull bones,
  • syndesmoses between certain long bones e.g. the tibia and fibula.
  • gomphoses that attach the roots of human teeth to the upper- and lower- jaw bones
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