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What do long bones do to support the body?
Provide strength, structure, and mobility to the body.
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What do short bones protect?
Provide stability to the wrist and ankle joints.
Source: healthline.com
What do irregular bones do?
Provide a strong framework to support and protect the soft organs from injury.
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What is the function of sesamoid bones?
Protect a muscle from significant strain and injury.
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How do you identify long bones?
A long bone is a bone that has a shaft and 2 ends and is longer than it is wide.
Source:medlineplus.gov
How do you identify short bones?
Short bones are shaped roughly as a cube and contain mostly spongy bone.
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Sesamoid bones are small round or oval shaped nodules.
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How many number of flat bones are in your body?
There are 36 flat bones in your body.
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How many number of long bones are in your body?
There are 90 long bones in your body.
Source:study.com
How many number of short bones are in your body?
There are 32 short bones in the body.
Source:verywellhealth.com
How many number of irregular bones are in the body?
There are 33 irregular bones in your body?
Source:byjus.com
How many sesamoid bones are in your body?
There are 42 sesamoid bones in your body?
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What is the most important flat bone in your skeletal system?
Sternum and ribs
Source:healthline.com
What is the most important long bone in your skeletal system?
The femur
Source:clevelandclinic.org
What is the most important short bone in your skeletal system?
The carpals and the tarsals
Source:visiblebody.com