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bony joints are formed by ossification of either fibrous or cartilaginous joints.
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Define bony joints and their formation
Using the Bony Joints and Ossification of Joints knowledge points
- A bony joint, or synostosis, is an immobile joint formed when the gap between two bones ossifies and they become a single bone.
- This fusion process can occur in either fibrous joints (such as the fusion of cranial sutures in infancy) or cartilaginous joints (such as the fusion of the epiphysis and diaphysis in growing long bones).
- Therefore, the statement is anatomically correct.
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