Bone Classification

Question 1

How many bones in the human skeleton?

Answer 1

206

Question 2

What are the five categories that the 206 bones be classified as ?

Answer 2

Long Bone
Short bone
Flat bone
Irregular bone
Sesamoid Bone

Question 3

Define Long Bone

Answer 3

Cylinder- like shape that is longer than it is wide

Question 4

What are the function of a long bone?

Answer 4

To support the weight of the body and facilitate movement

Question 5

Examples of a long bone

Answer 5

The tibia, The femur, The fibula

Question 6

Define short bone

Answer 6

Shaped like a cube, approximately equal in length, width and thickness

Question 7

What are the function of a short bone

Answer 7

Stabilization and some movement.

Question 8

Example of a short bone

Answer 8

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform, Trapezoid, Hamate, Capitate, Trapezium

Question 9

Define Flat bone

Answer 9

Thin and Curved

Question 10

What are the functions of a flat bone

Answer 10

To protect internal organs, like a sheild

Question 11

Example of Flat bone

Answer 11

Scapula, Cranium , Sternum and the ribs.

Question 12

Define Irregular bone

Answer 12

Complex and varied shape and structure

Question 13

What are the functions of the irregular bone?

Answer 13

To protect important structure

Question 14

Example Irregular bone

Answer 14

The vertebra protects the spinal cord

Question 15

Define Sesamoid bone

Answer 15

Small and round

Question 16

What are the functions of the sesamoid bone?

Answer 16

To protect tendons from stress and wear

Question 17

Example of a sesamoid bone

Answer 17

The Patella