What is a long bone in the human body?

Long bones are hard, dense bones that provide strength, structure, and mobility. The
thigh bone (femur) is a long bone. A long bone has a shaft and two ends. Some bones
in the fingers are classified as long bones, even though they are short in length.

What are joint types?

What are the different types of joints?

 Ball-and-socket joints. Ball-and-socket joints, such as the shoulder and hip joints,
allow backward, forward, sideways, and rotating movements.
 Hinge joints. ...
 Pivot joints. ...
 Ellipsoidal joints.

 What are the 2 types of bone marrow?

 There are two types of bone marrow: red and yellow. Red marrow contains
blood stem cells that can become red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets.
Yellow marrow is made mostly of fat.
 What are the 2 types of bone What is the difference between the two?
 Compact and spongy bones are the two main types of osseous tissues. 2.
Compact bone is also called cortical bone while spongy bone is also called
cancellous bone. ... Compact bones fill the outer layer of most of the bones while
spongy bones fill the inner layer of the bones.

What is Osteon?
Osteon, the chief structural unit of compact (cortical) bone, consisting of concentric
bone layers called lamellae, which surround a long hollow passageway, the Haversian
canal (named for Clopton Havers, a 17th-century English physician).

Which body part has most bones?

The hands and feet contain over half of the body's bones.

Coming out on top are your hands and feet. Each hand has 27 bones, and each foot
has 26, which means that together the body's two hands and two feet have 106 bones.
That is, the hands and feet contain more than half of the bones in your entire body.

Does every human have 206 bones?

Every single person has a skeleton made up of many bones. These bones give your
body structure, let you move in many ways, protect your internal organs, and more. It's
time to look at all your bones — the adult human body has 206 of them!
What is the smallest organ?

pineal gland
The smallest organ in the body is the pineal gland, relative to its function. It is situated
centrally in the brain, between the hemispheres in a groove.

What are the 4 smallest bones in the human body?

Collectively called the ossicles, these bones are individually known as the malleus,
incus, and stapes. Those are Latin words for the shapes the bones resemble: a
hammer, anvil, and stirrup.