Skeletal: Types of Bones

Question 1

Long Bones

Answer 1

longer than they are wide.
Eg femur, radius and humerus.

Question 2

Short Bones

Answer 2

Small, light, strong and cube-shaped bones.
Eg carpals and tarsals of wrists and ankles.

Question 3

Flat Bones

Answer 3

Thin, flattened and slightly curved, with a large surface area.
Eg scapula, sternum and cranium.

Question 4

Irregular Bones

Answer 4

They have a complex shape.
Eg Bones in the vertebrae.

Question 5

Sesmoid Bones

Answer 5

Found within a tendon.
Provide smooth surface for tendon to slide over.
Eg Patella in knee joint.