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Some examples are: Short bones: carpals and tarsals (bones in your fingers and toes) Flat bones: Calvarium (skull bone), sternum, or scapula Long bones: femur, tibia and fibula (all leg bones) or humerus, radius and ulna (arm bones) Irregular bones: bones that can't fit into the above categories, such as vertebrae (spine), hyoid, maxilla and mandible (jaw), and the bones of your sinuses: ethmoid, zygomatic, and sphenoid There are also sesamoid bones, the most common ones being the patella (kneecap) and pisiform (a bone in your wrist).
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What are correctly matched short bone-wrist long bone-leg irregular bone-sternum flat bone-cranium?
Short bone: Carpal bones in the wrist Long bone: Femur in the leg Irregular bone: Sternum in the chest Flat bone: Cranium in the skull
Is femur a long short flat or irregular bone?
It is the thigh bone. It is the longest bone in the body.
What is the name of a cranial flat bone?
Frontal bone
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.
Is the skull bone a flat bone?
the bones in your skull are flat thay are a series of plates
Is the clavicle a flat bone?
Yes, the coxal bone is considered to be flat because of its wings.
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 is found in the middle of short flat bones that is full of spaces that help keep the bone light?
Short flat bones contain a layer of spongy bone in the middle, known as diploe. Diploe is filled with red bone marrow, which produces blood cells, and helps keep the bone light while maintaining strength and support.
Are bones classified according to structure?
long short flat seasmoid irregular
The humerus is an example of a --- bone a. long b. Short c. Flat d. Sesamoid?
a. long
Name the category of small bone that transmits movement forces?
Short bones, as opposed to long bones, flat bones or irregular bones, transmit movement forces.
What kind of bone is the clavicle?
The Scapula or scapulae is actually a flat bone, a winged flat bone. Not an irregular bone as previously stated.
