cartilaginous joints
symphyses
a cartilaginous joint in which the ends of the articulating bones are covered with hyaline cartilage, but a broad, flat disc of fibrocartilage connects the bones.
synchondroses
cartilaginous joint in which the connecting material is hyaline cartilage
epiphyseal growth plate functionally
immovable (synarthrosis); when bone replaces the hyaline cartilage the synchondrosis becomes a synostosis (bony joint)
cartilaginous joints characteristics
lacks a synovial cavity, allows little/no movement, and bones are tightly connected by hyaline or fibrocartilage
joint between 1st rib and manubrium functionally
ossifies as an adult; becomes immovable (synostosis) or synarthrosis becomes a bony joint
symphyses examples
pubic symphysis, between the manubrium and sternal body, and intervertebral joints between body of the vertebrates
symphyses movements
slightly moveable (amphiarthrosis)
types of cartilaginous joints
synchondroses and symphyses