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Immovable joints and slightly movable joints are related because they are two types of joints that are functional junctions between bones.
The immovable joints in the human body are the cranial bones. They are separate bones that are sutured together as a person grows. They do not move, and therefore are immovable joints.
Sutures are immovable, wavy joints between the bones of skull.
The part of the skeleton with immovable joints is the skull. The joints between the bones in the skull (sutures) are fibrous joints that do not allow for movement, providing protection and support for the brain.
The bones in the skull and the bones in the sacrum come to mind . . .
immovable joints
The bones of the cranium or the brain box are immovable. They are 8 in number.
Immovable joints allow no movement because the bones at these joints are held securely together by dense collagen. The bones of the skull are connected by immovable joints. Immovable joints are called suture joints.
All joints except immovable joints allow bones to move.
The joints between bones of the skull are immovable and called sutures.
synarthrotic joints are immovable such as the bones of the skull.
The bones of the skull when they fuse in an adult form an immovable joint.