Types of bones

Question 1

Compact bone

Answer 1

a solid and hard bone that makes up the outer layer of all bones and the shafts of long bone

Question 2

spongy bone

Answer 2

a porous bone, makes blood cells and stores fat

Question 3

Flat bone

Answer 3

consist of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone

Question 4

long bone

Answer 4

consists of a shaft and two ends and is longer than is is wide. It consists of a thick outside layer with a bone marrow filled cavity. Then end of the bone is spongy bone (think femur)

Question 5

irregular bone

Answer 5

consists of thin layers of spongy bone surrounded by compact bone and does not fit any of the previous bone descriptions

Question 6

short bone

Answer 6

roughly a cube shape with vertical and horizontal dimensions being approximately equal. They consist mostly of mostly spongy bone. The outside surface is a thin layer of compact bone