EQ: What are the different types of bone located in your body? Skeletal System EQ: What are the different types of bone located in your body?

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Types of Bone Long Bone Short Bone Flat Bone Irregular Bone Sesamoid Bone

Long Bone Has long axes and expands at ends. Example : Humerus, Femur

Short Bone Cube-like bones with length and width roughly equal Example: Wrist and Ankle

Flat Bone Plate-like structures with broad surfaces Example: ribs, scapulae, some skull bones

Irregular Bones Variety of shapes and connected to several other bones Example: Vertebrae and facial bones

Sesamoid Bone Small and nodular and embedded within tendons Example: Kneecap (Patella)

Epiphysis Expanded portion at the end of a bone that articulates

Articular Cartilage Layer of cartilage that coats the Epiphysis that allows for cushion

Diaphysis Shaft of the bone, located between Epiphyses

Compact Bone Tightly packed tissue that lines the wall of Diaphysis Provides strength and structure

Spongy Bone Composed of numerous branching plates, with spaces in between Reduces weight and provides flexibility Located mainly in Epiphysis

Medullary Cavity Space within the Diaphysis that holds the marrow and blood

Marrow Soft Connective tissue found in Medullary Cavity that produces Red blood cells

Humerus (Upper Arm Bone)

Radius and Ulna Radius on Top Ulna on Bottom

Carpals or (Wrist Bones)

Metacarpals (Top of Hands)

Phalanges (Little Fingers)

Ossification The formation of Bone tissue

Endochondral Bones Bones that develop during fetal stage

What begins to develop in the later stages of Bone growth? In a few sentences in your notes