Classification of Bones
These bones are typically longer than wide, have a shaft with heads at both ends and contain mostly compact bone
Long Bone
Bone breaks into many fragments
Comminuted
Inflammation of bursa usually caused by a blow or friction.
Burstis
Bone formation
lateral curvature of the spine
Scoliosis
These bones are typically cube shaped and mostly spongy bone.
Short bones
Both bone ends are forced into each other
Impacted
Inflammation of tendon sheaths
Tendonitis
Mature bone cells
Osteocytes
limbs, pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle
The appendicular skeleton
These bones are thin and flattened, usually curved, and thin layers of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone.
Flat bones
Compression
Inflammatory or degenerative diseases of joints, one of the most widespread crippling diseases.
Arthritis
Bone forming cells
fracture does not penetrate skin
closed fracture
These bones are irregular shaped and don't fit into other classification categories.
Irregular bones
Bone breaks incompletely
Greenstick fracture
Most common chronic arthritis, non inflammatory and related to normal aging processes.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoclasts
rings around central canals
Lamellae
Compact and Spongy
Ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied
Spiral fracture
An autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks joints.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
A process by both osteoblasts and osteoclasts
Bone remodeling
Hollow parts of the bone surrounding nasal cavity
Paranasal sinuses