Movable bond

Japanese: 可動結合 - かどうけつごう
Movable bond

…In these cases, depending on the species of animal, the bones may ossify and become one, or even in the same animal, the bones may ossify and fuse with age (ossification). The second type is when there is a lot of connective tissue between the two bones, making them highly mobile, and is called a mobile fusion. Examples include the limb bones of quadrupeds and the upper and lower jaw bones. (In the human body, the connections between vertebrae are made by cartilage called intervertebral discs, but there are many examples of mobile fusions in the vertebral kingdom, such as the spinal column of snakes, which can be freely bent.)

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "movable bonds" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…これらの場合,動物の種類によっては骨化して一体となっていることもあり,同じ動物でも加齢とともに骨化して2個の骨が癒合することもある(骨結合)。第2は両方の骨の間に介在する結合組織が多くて可動性の大きい場合で,これを可動結合という。四足動物の四肢骨や上下の顎骨の連結がそれである(人体では,椎間円板という軟骨による椎骨間の連結は不動結合とされるが,脊椎動物界には自由に曲げられるヘビの脊柱に見られるように,可動結合である椎骨間連結の例が少なくない)。…

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