ORGANIZATION OF THE SKELETON: Bone Shapes
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buelow on October 7, 2008
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organization of the skeleton: bone shapes
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ORGANIZATION OF THE SKELETON: Bone Shapes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 long, short, flat, irregular | The four basic shapes of bone are |
| Long bones | are those that are longer than they are wide. Nearly all bones in the limbs are this shape. |
| epiphysis | The ends of the long bones are called |
| diaphysis | shaft of long bones is called the |
| Short bones | are cube-shaped. Many of the bones in the feet are this shape. |
| Flat bones | are thin and flat with cancellous bone between two thin plates of compact bone. |
| Irregular bones | are simply those whose shapes don't fit any of the previous categories or have characteristics of more than one of the shape categories. An example is the patella bone that makes up the kneecap. |
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