Bones Flashcards
Middle bone long bone
Diaphysis
Proximal In the long bone
Epiphysis
Distal in long bones
Epiphysis
Ear bones
Auditory ossicles
Hammer
Malleus
Anvil
Incus
Stirrup
Stapes
Fracture
Any crack, break, or shattering of the bone
Long bones
Relatively long and slender long bones are located in the arm and forearm, thigh, and leg, palms, soles, fingers, and toes. The femur, the long bones of the thigh, is the largest and heaviest bone in the body
Flat bones
Have thin, roughly parallel surfaces flat bones from the roof of the skull, the sternum, the ribs, and the scapula. They provide protection for underlying soft tissues and offer an extensive surface area
Short bones
Are small and boxy.
Irregular bones
Have complex shapes with short, flat, notched, or Rodgers surfaces.
Sesamoid bones
Are generally small, flat, and shapes somewhat like a sesame seed. They develop inside tendons and are most commonly located near joints at the knees, hands, and the feet
Sesamoid patellae
Knee caps but individuals vary in terms of the location and abundance
Sutural bones
Wormian bones are small, flat, iregularly shaped bones between the flat bones of the school.