Your father plans to visit an alternative medicine practicioner for "cranial therapy" you read the brochure for this proposed treatment and not that it involves the movement and manipulation of the cranial sutures, which the practitioner claims will cure nearly all diseases. What kind of joint is a cranial suture, both structurally and functionally?

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Woofie

16 October, 11:08

Your father plans to visit an alternative medicine practicioner for "cranial therapy" you read the brochure for this proposed treatment and not that it involves the movement and manipulation of the cranial sutures, which the practitioner claims will cure nearly all diseases. What kind of joint is a cranial suture, both structurally and functionally?

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Sophia · Answer 1

Cranial sutures are fibrous joints. Their function is to join the bones of the skull. Sutures are important for cranial growth. Once, the sutures completely fuse braincase does not grow further. Each suture fuse at a particular age.