parts of your spine
tarsals
They are like small balls. Literally.
There are often sesamoid bones at the interphalangeal joints resembling the petella in the knee
The carpal bones are an example of short bones. Short bones are small and cube-shaped bones found in areas where limited motion is needed, such as the wrist and ankle.
Short Bone
Short bones, as opposed to long bones, flat bones or irregular bones, transmit movement forces.
skeletal system
they have no back bones
bone marrow
Your body continually removes and replaces small amounts of calcium from your bones, in short calcium help build healthy bones,
The body consists of long bones, flat bones, irregular bones, short bones and sesmoid bones. The short bones include bones in the wrist and foot.
The short bones in the human skeletal system include the bones of the wrist (carpals) and ankle (tarsals). These bones are roughly cube-shaped and provide support and stability to the joints they are a part of.