Human Anatomy - Kotsan I. Ya. 2009

Bones and Their Joints
Semi-continuous joints - hemiarthroses or symphyses

Symphyses (symphysis)—transitional joints—include fibrous or cartilaginous joints containing a small cavity in the form of a narrow cleft within their thickness. Such a joint is not externally covered by a capsule, and the inner surface of the cleft is not lined with a synovial membrane. Transitional joints may be reinforced by interosseous ligaments. Slight displacements of the articulating bones relative to one another are possible in these joints. Symphyses are found in the Sternum (the symphysis between the manubrium and the body), in THE Vertebral Column (intervertebral symphyses), and in the pelvis (Pubic Symphysis).



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