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First, lets address the question as if you are talking about a normal height person.
If you look to the short bones in your body you can find them usually in senstive places like the knee, the back, the elbows, the phalanges (toes and fingers), the thorax, and the ears.
so we can say that their functions are the following *
1- facilitate joint movement, as in the knee and elbows
2- play critical function in auditory sense, as in the ear
3- facilitate the holding of things, as in the hands
4- help support the entire body, as in the toes
5- rule in swallowing and speaking, as in the trachea
6- support the stability and absorb concussions, as in the back
Now, if you are talking about bones that are short due to insufficient growth (dwarfism):
Many dwarfism victims suffer from joint pain caused by abnormal bone alignment, or from nerve compression. The vital organs of these small people (ie, the brain, lungs, liver, intestines, heart, etc) are usually compressed and strained, resulting in pain and a short life span.
Simple answer, short bones cause lots and lots of problems and pain.
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What are the functions of the long bone and the short bone and the flat bone and the irregular bone?
short bones are mostly spongey bones and help hold shape and keep structure strong, flat bones usually protect or help with movementeg. the skull, sternum and scapula, long bones are also sponget bones that hold the shape of the body so that joints can function and move and irrregular bones are the miscelanious type of bone that varies in function, each one is different, eg. mandable and vertebrae.
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.
What bones are chunky wide and of the feet and wrists?
The answer is short bones, Short bones are the chunky, wide bones of the feet and wrists.
Are carpals long bones or flat bones or short bones or irregular bones?
There are often sesamoid bones at the interphalangeal joints resembling the petella in the knee
What are the functions of a short bone?
Short bones in the human body are cubelike -- the length, width, and height measurements are all about the same. Short bones include the carpal bones (hands, wrist) and tarsal bones (feet, ankles).
What the function of the short bone?
Short bones are defined as being approximately as wide as they are long and have a primary function of providing support and stability with little movement.
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 are the functions of the long bone and the short bone and the flat bone and the irregular bone?
short bones are mostly spongey bones and help hold shape and keep structure strong, flat bones usually protect or help with movementeg. the skull, sternum and scapula, long bones are also sponget bones that hold the shape of the body so that joints can function and move and irrregular bones are the miscelanious type of bone that varies in function, each one is different, eg. mandable and vertebrae.
What bones are short bones?
tarsals
What is the function of tarsal bones?
ankle or foot boot that the metatarsals connect to then the toes and above the tarsal are the two lower leg bones the tibia and fibula
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.
What shape is metacarpals bones?
they are short bones
What bones are chunky wide and of the feet and wrists?
The answer is short bones, Short bones are the chunky, wide bones of the feet and wrists.
What are the four main types of bone?
The four main types of bones are long bones (e.g. femur), short bones (e.g. carpals), flat bones (e.g. sternum), and irregular bones (e.g. vertebrae). Each type serves a specific function in the body's musculoskeletal system.
What makes up the center of short bones?
Medullary cavity (because bones like feet are short bones and they have the cavity)
