Gomphosis

A joint which cannot move, like that between a tooth and the jaw.


A form of synarthrosis (immovable joint) in which a conical process fits into a socket. An example is the joint between the root of a tooth and the socket in the jawbone.


A conical process fitting into a socket in an immovable joint (e.g., a tooth in its bony socket in the alveolus).


The embryonic sex before differentiation into definitive testis or ovary.


 


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