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1
Q

What is the name given to a condition in which bones are fused together by bone?

A

synostosis

2
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What is the conditionin which teeth are abnormally aligned during closure of the mouth?

A

malocclusion

3
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What fibrous connective tissue classically fills the joint space of a syndesmosis?

A

interosseous ligament

4
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What are the classic examples of the less moveable or “fixed” syndesmosis?

A

tibia-fibula shaft articulation, radio-ulnar shaft articulation, caraco-clavicular joint or tympano-stapedial joints

5
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What are examples of the typical syndesmosis from the vertebral column?

A

mos of the ligamentous joints of the vertebral column and legamentous sacro-illiac joints