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to make the bones move more swiftly and gently to make movement easer

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What type of bone is the skull?

The skull is composed of the cranium and the facial bones. They are like all the other bones of the body, except they do not produce blood cells, like long bones and short bones.The cranial bones are flat bones such as the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital bones. The facial bones are considered irregular-shaped bones and consist of; sphenoidal, lacrimal, and a few others.


What type of bone is a skull?

The skull is composed of the cranium and the facial bones. They are like all the other bones of the body, except they do not produce blood cells, like long bones and short bones.The cranial bones are flat bones such as the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital bones. The facial bones are considered irregular-shaped bones and consist of; sphenoidal, lacrimal, and a few others. I hope this helped


Scapula is what type of bone?

The scapula is an irregular bone, and is defined as such because it is not a long, short, or thin bone. A long bone is longer than it is wide, for example the femur. Short bones are "cube shaped", such as the cuboid (one of your tarsal bones). Thin bones have a curve to them and are fairly flat, such as your sternum.


What are the extra bones that sometimes develop between the flat bones of the skull called?

Sutural bones, which are small, flat, odd-shaped bones found between the bones of the skull are also referred to as Wormian bones. Amount of Wormian bones on the skull differ from person to person.