Classification of Bones

Organs of the Skeletal System

• Bones

• Osseous Tissue

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

Bone Tissues

• Bones

• Osseous Tissue

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

Two types of osseous tissue

• Bones

• Adipose

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

A

• Bones

• Adipose

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

B

• Bones

• Adipose

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

C

• Bones

• Adipose

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

Typically longer than they are wide

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone

Consist of a shaft with enlarged ends

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone

Contain mostly compact bone; spongy bone at ends

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone

All of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and kneecap bones) are...

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone