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unlike other joints, a ____________ does not join two bones to one another.
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bony joint
syndesmosis
gomphosis
cartilaginous joint
suture
A gomphosis is a type of fibrous joint that anchors a tooth (which is not a bone) into its socket in the jawbone. While other joints like bony joints (synostosis), syndesmosis (fibrous joint between bones), cartilaginous joints (connected by cartilage), and sutures (fibrous joints between skull bones) connect two bones, a gomphosis connects a tooth (a specialized structure, not a bone in the typical sense of skeletal bones) to a bone (the jawbone).
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