Types Of Bones

Question 1

Short bone outline

Answer 1

Roughly cubicle, same width and length

Question 2

Short bone example

Answer 2

Carpals, metacarpals

Question 3

Long bone outline

Answer 3

Longer than they are wide, hollow shaft containing marrow

Question 4

Long bone examples

Answer 4

Femur, phalanges, humerus

Question 5

Sesamoid bone outline

Answer 5

Small bones developed in tendons around some joints

Question 6

Sesamoid bone example

Answer 6

Patella

Question 7

Flat bone outline

Answer 7

Provide flat areas (thin and wide) for muscle attachment, usually enclose cavities for protecting organs

Question 8

Flat bones examples

Answer 8

Scapula, ribs, sternum, cranium

Question 9

Irregular bones

Answer 9

Have no regular shape or characteristics

Question 10

Irregular bones example

Answer 10

Vertebra, maxilla and mandible

Question 11

Similarity between types of bones

Answer 11

Both __ bones and __ bones provide areas for muscle attachment