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Amphiarthrosis
Amphiarthrosis
is
a type
of
continuous
, slightly
movable
joint
.
Types
In amphiarthroses, the
contiguous
bony
surfaces
can be:
A symphysis: connected by
broad
flattened
disks
of
fibrocartilage
, of a more or less
complex structure
, which
adhere
to the
ends
of each
bone
, as in the articulations between the
bodies of the vertebrae
or the inferior
articulation
of the two
hip bones
.
An
interosseous membrane
- the
sheet
of
connective tissue
joining
neighboring
bones
.