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| What is a short bone ? | Short bones main primary function is providing support and stability with little movement. Examples of short bones are the wrist and foot bones. They consist of only a thin layer of compact, hard bone with cancellous bone on the inside along with relatively large amounts of bone marrow. |
| What is a flat bone ? | Flat bones are strong, flat plates of bone with the main function of providing protection to the bodies vital organs and being a base for muscular attachment. |
| What is an irregular bone ? | These are bones in the body which do not fall into any other category, due to their non-uniform shape. |
| What is a sesamoid bone ? | Sesamoid bones are usually short or irregular bones, embedded in a tendon.Sesamoid bones are usually present in a tendon where it passes over a joint which serves to protect the tendon. |
| What is a long bone ? | The classification of a long bone includes having a body which is longer than it is wide, with growth plates (epiphysis) at either end, having a hard outer surface of compact bone and a spongy inner known an cancellous bone containing bone marrow. Both ends of the bone are covered in hyaline cartilage to help protect the bone and aid shock absorbtion. |
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