Fibrous Joints Are Structural Types Containing
Bone is a connective tissue containing cells fibers and ground substance. There are many functions in the body in which the bone participates such as storing minerals providing internal support protecting vital organs enabling movement and providing attachment sites for muscles and tendons. 8 4a Structure Of Synovial Joints Medicine Libretexts A nutrient foramen plural. . This fluid-filled space is the site at which the articulating surfaces of the bones contact each other. Nutrient foramina or vascular channel is a small tunnel through the cortex of a long bone containing a nutrient artery which supplies the bone. A key structural characteristic for a synovial joint that is not seen at fibrous or cartilaginous joints is the presence of a joint cavity. The foramina are known to mimic oblique fractures on plain radiographs 1The nutrient artery enters a long bone via an obliquely oriented canal that can appear as a radioluce...
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