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The human body has five types of bones.
1. LONG BONES: Longer than they are wide, having growth areas at each end, hard outside and spongy inside and containing marrow. Examples - the main bones in the arms and legs.
2. SHORT BONES: As wide as they are long (i.e. cube shaped), have only a thin layer of hard bone, a relatively large amount of marrow inside. They provide stability, but do not move very much. Examples - The Carpals and Tarsals in the wristand foot.
3. FLAT BONES: Examples - shoulder blade, breast bone, cranium, pelvis, sternum.
4. IRREGULAR BONES: Examples - spine, lower jaw bone.
5. SESAMOID BONES: There are within tendons. Example - knee cap (patella).
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How many types of bones are found in the skeleton?
They are four types of bones, long,short, irregular, and flat bone.
What are the functions of a short bone?
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What are carpel bones?
The short bones found in the wrist; scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate.
What are the short bones of the human skeletal system?
There are three short, tiny bones in our ears called ossicles. They are the hammer (Malleus), anvil (Incus) and stirrup(Stapes). They transmit sounds to the cochlea (also found in the ear).
What are the short bones in the human skeleton?
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.
Which bones are almost equal in length and width?
Short bones!
What bones are short bones?
tarsals
What are functions of the short bone?
Short Bones: Absorb concussion. Found in joints such as the knee, hock, and fetlock.
Is the tarsal bone a short bone?
The tarsal bones are found in the ankle and the foot.
What are the 4 of bones?
Bones classified into four groups. Long bones,Short bones,Flat bones, and Irregular bones
Is the metacarpal bone a short bone a flat bone or an irregular bone?
Tarsals and carpals are short bones. Metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges are long bones.
