front 1 Short bone | back 1 Small cuboid shaped bone that are usually grouped together at the carpus and tarsus |
front 2 Flat bone | back 2 Bones expanded in two directions, such as those found in the pelvic girdle, scapula, and skull (aid in protection or serve as muscle attachments for large muscle groups) |
front 3 Irregular bone | back 3 Characteristic features include complex, jutting processes and include the vertebral column and the non-flat bones of the skill and pelvis |
front 4 Sesamoid bone | back 4 Small, round bone that resembles a sesame seed which are present mear freely moving joints , such as the patella and the proximal and distal sesamoid bones (function to protect tendons in the areas at which the greatest friction is developed) |
front 5 Long bone | back 5 Bones that consist of a diaphysis and two epiphyses characteristic of the limb. |
front 6 Diaphysis | back 6 Shaft or body of the long bone |
front 7 Epiphysis | back 7 The two expanded ends of a long bone |
front 8 Metaphysis | back 8 Junction between the diaphysis and the epiphysis that grows rapidly and the portion of the epiphyseal cartilage that is replaced by bone |
front 9 Epiphyseal cartilage | back 9 Area of growing cartilage in a developing long bone that is located between the diaphysis and epiphysis |