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Much longer than they are wide.
(Example: Femur, Humerus) |
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Thin, flattened and slightly curved bones.
(Example: sternum, scapula, skull bones, ribs) |
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Bones that do not fit a category
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Short bones embedded in a tendon
(Example: patella) |
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| Projections (AKA Processes) |
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| Sites of muscle and ligament attachment. Some also serve as the site of articulation between bones, forming joints. |
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| Depressions (AKA Openings) |
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| Allow blood vessels and nerves to pass through bones. |
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Bones that form the vertical axis of the body.
Protects, supports, and carries other body parts. |
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| Attached to the axial skeleton and provides the ability to move and manipulate our environment in conjunction with the muscular system. |
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| Relatively large, rough area |
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| Irregular, smooth, articulation surface |
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| Round articulation surface |
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| Smooth, flat, articulation surface |
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| Short and sharp projection |
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Thoracic curvature is exaggerated
"hunchback" |
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| Lumbar curvature is exaggerated |
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| Rib that attached directly to sternum |
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| Rib that does not attached to the sternum or another rib |
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| Rib that attaches to another rib and indirectly to sternum |
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Thoracic and sacral vertebrae curvature.
Well developed by time of birth. |
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| Cervical and lumbar vertebrae curvature. Form as the child develops the ability to hold up its head or walk. |
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