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skull bones are fixed because, they protect your brain...just like your rib bones protect your heart....but if you dont get them fixed then your brain can be damaged in some way either little or big...life or death...that is why skulll bones are fixed.
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What kind of joint Is the top of the skull?
An immovable joint. (sutures joining the bones of the skull)
What kind of joint is the skull?
Fixed joint. When you are born, there are gaps in your skull, then they start to get put together and it becomes a fixed joint.
Which is movable joint in skull?
The jaw joint
What joints found on the skull?
An immovable joint. (sutures joining the bones of the skull)
Joint between skull and vertebral column?
The atlantoccipital joint which is a gliding joint, not as some people believe it to be a pivot joint. The pivot joint in this area is the atlantoaxial joint which is between C1 & C2 and doers not come into contact with the skull.
What sort of joint does the skull have?
In babies the skull joint is the fontanel (fontanelle) which helps in birth due to its flexibility but in the adult the skull joint is a fixed joint or a synarthrotic joint (immovable) called a suture.
What is the name of the crack in the skull bone?
This called a suture. It is an immovable joint where two bones in the skull meet to form this joint.
What type of joint is found at the shoulder and between the skull plates?
The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint. The joints between the skull plates are fused joints (no movement).
What is the only bone that does not have a to joint?
skull'
Is the top of the skull an immovable joint?
no
What type of joint is a suture?
A fibrous joint is an immovable joint. An example would be the bones in the skull.
Where is the fixed joint of your body situated?
the skull
