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That would be the jawbone, or mandible.

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The mandible (which is the jaw)

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Q: The only bone connected to the skull by a freely movable joint?
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What is the only bone that is connected to the skull by a freely movable joint?

Your jaw, or your mandible bone.


Where is a freely movavble joint?

Freely moveable joints are joints that have a great range of motion. These joints are found on many species of animals.


Which is movable joint in skull?

The jaw joint


Is it just ball and socket joints which are synovial?

No. Typically any joint that is freely movable is synovial. Joints that do not move, like the sutures of the skull, are not synovial.


What is a movable type of joint?

Most joints are movable but some are notMoveable JointsBall and Socket Joints Pivot JointsGliding Jointsthere's one other joint but i can't remember what it is.Immobile JointsThe joints between parts of your skull


What is synthrotic?

No movable joint like sutures ib the skull


Only freely movable skull bone?

The jaw bone, also known as mandible.


What skull bone is not fused or locked in place?

The only bone in your skull that forms freely movable joints is your mandible


What kind of joint is at the base of the scull?

The base of the skull has a joint called the atlanto-occipital joint. It is a gliding joint that is between the occipital condyles of the occipital bone and the first cervical vertebra (C1). This type of joint is also called a synovial joint, or a freely movable joint. Another designation is diarthrotic joint.


What are some examples of moveable and imoveable joints?

A movable joint is the shoulder, which is a ball and socket joint. An immovable joint is your skull.


What joint is movable?

Cartilaginous are slightly movable, but the most prominent type of movable joints are synovial joints, such as the knee and shoulder, which are very movable.


A joint that holds skull bones together?

tempormandibular joint.anatomically - it is a condyloid type of joint.structurally - it is a synovial joint.functionally - it is a polyaxial joint (biaxial joint).it is the only movable joint of the head. peculiarity of the joint is, joints of both sides move together.bones taking part:proximally- mandibular fossa of the temporal bone and articular tubercle.distally - head of the mandible is convex. a thin layer of fibrocartilage lines mandibular fossa and head of mandible.