a point of contact between two bones, between bone and cartilage, or between bone and teeth.

Joint, also called an articulation or arthrosis

The scientific study of joints

arthrology

The study of motion of the human body is called?

kinesiology

There is no synovial cavity, and the bones are held together by dense irregular connective tissue that is rich in collagen fibers

Fibrous joint

There is no synovial cavity, and the bones are held together by cartilage.

Cartilaginous joints

The bones forming the joint have a synovial cavity and are united by the dense irregular connective tissue of an articular capsule, and often by accessory ligaments

Synovial joints

An immovable joint.

Synarthrosis

A slightly movable joint.

Amphiarthrosis

freely movable joint.

Diarthrosis

The three types of fibrous joints are

sutures, syndesmoses, and interosseous membranes.

An immovable fibrous joint that joins skull bones.

Suture

A joint in which the dense fibrous connective tissue that unites bones at a suture has been replaced by bone, resulting in a complete fusion across the suture line.

Synostosis

A fibrous joint in which a cone-shaped peg fits into a socket.

Gomphosis

A slightly movable joint in which articulating bones are united by fibrous connective tissue.

Syndesmosis

a substantial sheet of dense irregular connective tissue that binds neighboring long bones and permits slight movement

Interosseous membrane

is a cartilaginous joint in which the connecting material is hyaline cartilage.

synchondrosis

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.

symphysis