Skeletal System - Shapes of Bones
Ribs
24 total FLAT BONES
How many types of bones are there in the skeletal system?
6
Medullary cavity
A cavity in the diaphysis that is filled with adipose tissue. Membranes. LONG BONES
Facial bones
Bones of the anterior and lower skull IRREGULAR BONES
Metacarpals
Bottom finger bones located in the palm LONG BONES
Occipital
Bottom of skull bone; back of head/lower neck FLAT BONES
Fibula
Calf bone; lateral to the main bone in lower leg. LONG BONES
What bones are classified as SHORT bones?
Carpals, Tarsals.
Phalanges
Finger and toe bones LONG BONES
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Hip, Ribs, Scapulae, Sternum.
Flat Bones
In the cranium, the layer of spongy bone between the compact bone is called the diploe
Flat bone
Red bone marrow is present, but no large medullary cavity.
Flat bone
Resembles a sandwich of spongy bone between two layers of cortex (compact bone).
Flat bone
Like plates
Flat bones
Frontal
Forehead; skull FLAT BONES
What bones are classified as FLAT bones?
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Hip, Ribs, Scapulae, Sternum.
What bones are classified as LONG bones?
Humerus, Ulna, Radius, Metacarpals, Phalanges, Femur, Tibia, Fibula, Metatarsals.
Ulna
Inner/bottom bone of the lower arm LONG BONES
Vertebrae, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Facial bones.
Irregular Bones
What are the names of the different shape bones in the skeletal system?
Long Short Flat Irregular Sutural Sesamoid
Long and thin bone
Long bone
Radius
Outter/upper bone of the lower arm LONG BONES
Patella
Sesamoid Bones LONG BONES
Small irregular bones found between cranial bones.
Sutural Bones
Small Irregular bones
Sutural bones
Metaphysis
The area between diaphysis and epiphysis; has the cartilagenous epiphyseal plate before puberty. LONG BONE
Femur
Thigh bone LONG BONES
Metatarsals
Toe bones located in actual foot LONG BONES
Parietal
Top of skull bone FLAT BONES
Patella
knee cap SESAMOID BONES
Humerus, Ulna, Radius, Metacarpals, Phalanges, Femur, Tibia, Fibula, Metatarsals.
Long Bones
Vertebrae
Back bone; spine; IRREGULAR BONES
Shaped like a sesameed see
Sesamoid bone
Tibia
Shin bone; main bone in lower leg LONG BONES
Carpals, Tarsals.
Short Bones
Small, cube-like
Short Bones
Scapulae
Shoulder blade; connect humerus/clavicle FLAT BONES
Temporal
Side and base of skull, near ear; FLAT BONES
Ethmoid
Skull bone that separates the nasal cavity from the brain. IRREGULAR BONES
What bones are classified as SUTURAL bones?
Small irregular bones found between cranial bones.
Sphenoid
Sphenoid IRREGULAR BONES
Diaphysis
The shaft of a long bone; made of mostly compact bone tissue. LONG BONE
Epiphysis
The two ends of a long bone; made of mostly spongy bone tissue, spaces filled with red bone marrow. LONG BONE
Humerus
Upper arm bone LONG BONES
What bones are classified as IRREGULAR bones?
Vertebrae, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Facial bones.
Carpals
Wrist bones; 8 SHORT BONES
Sternum
front of the rib cage; chest FLAT BONES
Tarsals
heal and cluster of foot bones; 7 SHORT BONES
Hip
pelvic bones FLAT BONES
What bones are classified as SESAMOID bones?
shaped like a sesame seed - Patella
