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| Bones in the skull (mandible and cranium). Thin, flat, irregular bones in the cranium vault. |
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| All other bones except the mandible, cranium and depending on the reference the hyoid). Bones behind the skull in the quadrupedal. |
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| sternum, vertebrae, os coxae, ribs, skull, hyoid. Protective function. |
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| the limbs, clavicle and scapula. Movement fuctions. |
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What Skeleton do these bones belong to? |
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| Bones that exhibit a long shaft shape with ends(proximal and distal articular ends). (e.g. clavicle, femur, metatarsal, manal phalanges) |
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| Bones that are like the long bones but with less prominent ends (e.g. carpals, tarsals). 5 metatarsal in foot, 5 metacarpal in hands. 14 phalanges in toes, 14 phalanges in fingers. |
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| Large bones, flat surfaces for muscle to attach too. Usually thin and irregularly placed articular. (e.g. 2 hips, 2 scapula, 14 ribs and 1 sternum). |
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| short, block like and shaped for their differently for the functions they perform: multiple articular surfaces. (e.g. 33 vertebrae, 8 carpal, 7 tarsal, 2 patellae) |
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| Contain air spaces that make the bone lighter. (e.g. maxilla, mastoid process, frontal). Some air spaces resemble honeycomb. |
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| Flat bones that develop in tendons. (e.g. patellae, pisiform) |
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