Bone Classification

Question 1

What are long bones? Provide examples

Answer 1

All limb bones, excluding carpals, tarsals and paternal. It is primarily compact with small amounts of spongy bone. Long refers to the shape, not size e.g. phalanges vs femur
‘rectangle’

Question 2

What are short bones? Provide examples

Answer 2

It is mostly spongy within compact bone surface layers. This includes carpals and tarsels.
‘cube’

Question 3

What are flat bones? Provide examples

Answer 3

A bone that is thin with a slight curve, and has two parallel compact surfaces that surround a layer of sponge e.g. scapula, clavicle, ribs, sternum, skull

Question 4

What are irregular bones? Provide examples

Answer 4

A complex shape, that is mainly spongy with a thin layer compact e.g. coxal bone, vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx

Question 5

What are sesamoid bones? Provide example

Answer 5

A bone found within a tendon e.g. knee