NEETZoologyLocomotion and Movement
What type of joint is a point of contact between bones and cartilages?
Options
- AFibrous joint
- BCartilaginous joint
- CSynovial joint
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
B. Cartilaginous joint
Step-by-step solution
.The human body consists of 206 bones in total. These bones are grouped into two main divisions - the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The skull is composed of two sets of bones, cranial and facial, that total to 22 bones.Each vertebra has a central hollow portion (neural canal) through which the spinal cord passes. The vertebral column is differentiated into cervical (7), thoracic (12), lumbar (5), sacral (1-fused) and coccygeal (1-fused) regions.Joints are essential for all types of movements involvi