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Organs of the Skeletal System
Bones
Osseous Tissue
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
Articular Cartilage
Bone Tissues
Bones
Osseous Tissue
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
Articular Cartilage
Two types of osseous tissue
Bones
Adipose
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
Articular Cartilage
A
Bones
Adipose
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
Articular Cartilage
B
Bones
Adipose
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
Articular Cartilage
C
Bones
Adipose
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
Articular Cartilage
Typically longer than they are wide
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Consist of a shaft with enlarged ends
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Contain mostly compact bone; spongy bone at ends
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
All of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and kneecap bones) are...
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Examples: Femur Humerus
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Thin, flattened, and usually curved
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Made of two thin layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone between them
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Examples: Most bones of the skull, Ribs, Sternum, Scapula
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Generally cube-shaped
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Contain mostly spongy bone with an outer layer of compact bone
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Examples: Carpals (wrist bones) Tarsals (ankle bones), Patella
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Odd shaped
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Do not fit into other bone classification categories
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
Examples: Vertebrae Hip bones
Long Bone
Short Bone
Irregular Bone
Flat Bone
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