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What are examples of flat bones?
Examples of flat bones in the human body include the skull bones, sternum (breastbone), scapulae (shoulder blades), and ribs. These bones provide extensive surface area for muscle attachment and protection for underlying organs.
What part of the body is located behind your lungs?
Thoracic (chest) spine, ribs, shoulder blades and their muscles.
Which bones make red bone cells?
One type of bone is called a flat bone and the other is a long bone. These are bones like your ribs, your shoulder blades, thigh, shin, and hip bones.
What is the bone called opposite the shoulder blades at the back?
The bone opposite the shoulder blades at the back is called the sternum, commonly known as the breastbone. It is located in the center of the chest and connects with the ribs, forming part of the rib cage. The shoulder blades, or scapulae, are situated on the upper back, while the sternum is at the front of the thoracic cavity.
How are the scapulae attached to the ribs?
The scapulae (shoulder blades) are not directly attached to the ribs; they are attached to the clavicles (collarbones) at the acromioclavicular joint. The ribs are connected to the spine and sternum through cartilage, forming the ribcage which protects the internal organs. The scapulae move along the ribs due to the muscles and ligaments surrounding the shoulder joint.
Red blood cells are prduced in the?
Red marrow which is found mainly in the flat bones such as hip bone, breast bone, skull, ribs, vertebrae and shoulder blades, and in the cancellous ("spongy") material at the proximal ends of the long bones femur and humerus.
What muscle is the flat bone attached to?
there are several flat bones... The Scapula (shoulder blade), Sternum (breast bone), Cranium (skull), Pelvis and Ribs are all considered to be flat bones.
What is another name for shoulder blades?
The scapula is another name for the shoulder blade.
In terms of front to back the nipples are to the shoulder blades?
The nipples are anterior or ventral to the shoulder blades.
What is the function of the bone in the skeletal system?
Bones provide support and structure for the body, protect vital organs, and give muscles a lever to move. Also for legs to move they go in little sockets that the balls of your legs go into and make it stay in for many years. Same for arms there are little blades called your shoulder blades and to keep the shoulder blades up there are, ribs and your collarbone.
How does shoulder blades help animals?
shoulder blades on an animal are very important! they keep the animal in place!
How many shoulder blades do you have?
Humans have two scapulae (aka shoulder blades)
