Shape of Bones Flashcards
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Tubular (Definition)
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Pipe-like shaft and two capped ends. Outer shell is dense, compact bone. Core is spongy bone.
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Tubular (Examples)
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Long Bones. Large arm and leg bones (humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibia)
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Cubical (Definition)
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Shaped like irregular cubes.
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Cubical (Examples)
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Short bones. Small bones of wrist and ankle. (Talus, capitate)
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Flat (Definition)
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Like a sandwich. spongy bones between dense bone layers.
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Flat (Examples)
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Sternum, scapula, ribs, bones of the vault of the skull
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Irregular (Definition)
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Not fitting other categories
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Irregular (Examples)
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Pelvic bones, vertebrae, bones of the facial skeleton
