Classification Of Bones Flashcards
1
Q
Wrist bones
A
Carpals
2
Q
Contains mostly spongy bones
A
Short bones
3
Q
Shaft with heads at both ends
A
Long bones
5
Q
Ankle bones
A
Tarsals
6
Q
Characteristic of flat bones
A
Hun flattened and usually curved
7
Q
Examples of irregular bones
A
Vertebrae and hip bones
8
Q
What bones are short bones
A
Ankle and wrist bones
9
Q
Typically longer than they are wide
A
Long bones
10
Q
Two layers of compact bone surround a layer of spongy bone
A
Flat bones
12
Q
Bones are classified as what?
A
Long short flat irregular
13
Q
Irregular shape
A
Irregular bones
14
Q
Example of flat bones
A
Skull
Ribs
Sternum
15
Q
Generally cube shaped
A
Short bones
16
Q
When is a bone considered irregular
A
It doesn’t fit into other bone classification categories
17
Q
A type of short bone which forms within tendons
A
Sesamoid
