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