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exam no.2
skeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| LONG BONE | elongated shape--most limb bones |
| FLAT BONE | Thin, flat--cranium, ribs, sternum |
| SHORT BONE | Cube shaped--carpals and tarsals(wrist&ankle) |
| IRREGULAR BONE | Various shapes--vertebra, hip, coccyx |
| SESAMOID BONE | Small flat like a sesame seed:forms within tendons(patella aka knee cap) |
| SUTURAL(WORMINAN) BONE | Small, flat, irregular shape, forms between bones of the skull at sutures(cranium) |