Joints of the Vertebral Column

The bodies of adjacent vertebrae are strongly anchored to each other in their anterior part by an intervertebral disc. This structure provides padding between the bones during weight bearing, and because it can change shape, also allows for movement between the...

Cranial Sutures

The Skull is formed by different bones kept together by Sutures. The narrow gap between the bones is filled with dense, fibrous connective tissue that unites the bones. The long sutures located between the bones of the brain case are not straight, but instead follow...

Intervertebral Discs – Articulations of Vertebral Bodies

The articulations between the bodies of the vertebrae are amphiarthrodial joints, and the individual vertebrae move only slightly on each other. When, however, this slight degree of movement between the pairs of bones takes place in all the joints of the vertebral...