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Amphiarthrosis
	Diagrammatic section of a symphysis.
Gray's	subject #70 285

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

[edit] Types

In amphiarthroses, the contiguous bony surfaces are either:

A symphysis: connected by broad flattened disks of fibrocartilage, of a more or less complex structure, as in the articulations between the bodies of the vertebrae. An example is the sternocostal joint.
A syndesmosis: united by an interosseous ligament, as in the inferior tibiofibular articulation.

[edit] References

^ "Module - Introduction to Joints". University of Michigan Medical School. http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/joints_module/joints_02.html. Retrieved 2008-01-29.

[edit] External links

"Amphiarthrosis". British Columbia Institute of Technology. http://commons.bcit.ca/biology/articulations/amphiarthrotic.html. Retrieved June 2009.

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[titleModule_-_Introduction_to_Joints-0] "Module - Introduction to Joints". University of Michigan Medical School. http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/joints_module/joints_02.html. Retrieved 2008-01-29.

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