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What forms a long bone's shaft and the outer part of its two ends?
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What are expanded ends of bones that form joints with adjacent bones?
The head (as opposed the the thin, elongated shaft).
The shaft is what body part?
Long bones have a shaft (also known as the body or to osteopaths the diaphysis) is the central portion, between the ends.
What gristly material at the ends of bones also forms a baby's skeleton?
Cartilage
What is the type of connective tissue that forms a cap on the ends of long bones?
cartlidge
What is the meaning of long bones?
Long bones are longer than they are wide. They are composed mainly of compact bone and typically have a long shaft and heads at both ends of the bone.
What is the bones of the head called?
The head of the long bone is called the Epiphyseal.The long bone constists of a diaphysis and an epiphysis. The ends are epiphysis and the shaft is diaphysis.
What is a vertebrate bone?
elongated bone supporting a vertebrate limb and consisting of an essentially cylindrical shaft that contains bone marrow and ends in enlarged heads for articulation with other bones
What ends of the bones?
Cartilage covers the ends of bones at joints, while a ligament is the tissue that connects two bones to form a joint.
Distal and proximal ends of long bones?
The epiphyses are the distal and proximal ends of long bones
What covers the long bones?
The dense fibrous tissue that covers non articulating surfaces of bone is the periosteum.
Fracture in which the ends of the bones are crushed together?
It is a comminuted fracture when the ends of the bones are crushed together. This can happen easily making the bones to break up in multiple pieces.
What are the ends of bones covered with?
Cartilage
