Types of Bones

Types of Bones

Match

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• Flat

• Short

• Long

• Sesamoid

• Irregular

Thin, roughly parallel surfaces

Small and boxy

Longer than wide

Small and flat

Short, flat, notched or ridged surfaces

• Thin, roughly parallel surfaces

• Small and boxy

• Longer than wide

• Small and flat

• Short, flat, notched or ridged surfaces

Match

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• Long

• Short

• Irregular

• Sesamoid

• Flat

Arm, forearm, thigh, leg

Bones in the wrist

Spinal vertebrae, bones of pelvis

Near joints in knee, hands, and feet

Roof of skull, sternum, ribs, scapula

• Arm, forearm, thigh, leg

• Bones in the wrist

• Spinal vertebrae, bones of pelvis

• Near joints in knee, hands, and feet

• Roof of skull, sternum, ribs, scapula

Match

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• Flat

• Long

• Irregular

• Sesamoid

• Short

Protection for underlying soft tissue

Support body weight, facilitate movement

Protection of tissue, muscle attachment

Modify pressure, reduce friction

Provide support & stability, little move

• Protection for underlying soft tissue

• Support body weight, facilitate movement

• Protection of tissue, muscle attachment

• Modify pressure, reduce friction

• Provide support & stability, little move

Multiple Select

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• Protect internal organs

• Sacrum

• Complicated shapes that do not fit any other category

• Vertebrae

• Scapula

Multiple Select

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• Protect internal organs

• Pelvis

• Enable movement

• Hollow

• Ribs

Multiple Select

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• Vertebrae

• Buried within tendons

• Carpals

• Protect tendons that run over joints from stress and wear

• Patella

Match

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Long

Short

Irregular

Sesamoid

Flat

• Long

• Short

• Irregular

• Sesamoid

• Flat

Multiple Choice

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• Curved to increase shatter resistance

• Protect tendons that run over joints

• Tibia

• Ribs

• Enable movement

Multiple Select

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• Tarsals

• Metatarsals

• Stability to joints that bear weight

• Sit with other bones of the same type

• Vertebrae