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    Bones can be classified into several categories based on their shape and function: long bones are cylindrical and provide leverage; short bones are cube-shaped and provide stability and support while allowing some motion; flat bones are thin and curved to protect internal organs and provide points of attachment; irregular bones have complex shapes to protect internal organs; and sesamoid bones are small and round to protect tendons from compressive forces.

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    Bones can be classified into several categories based on their shape and function: long bones are cylindrical and provide leverage; short bones are cube-shaped and provide stability and support while allowing some motion; flat bones are thin and curved to protect internal organs and provide points of attachment; irregular bones have complex shapes to protect internal organs; and sesamoid bones are small and round to protect tendons from compressive forces.

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    Bones can be classified into several categories based on their shape and function: long bones are cylindrical and provide leverage; short bones are cube-shaped and provide stability and support while allowing some motion; flat bones are thin and curved to protect internal organs and provide points of attachment; irregular bones have complex shapes to protect internal organs; and sesamoid bones are small and round to protect tendons from compressive forces.

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    BONES

    Bone Classifications

    Bone
    classification Features Function(s) Examples

    Femur, tibia, fibula,


    Cylinder-like shape, metatarsals, humerus,
    Long Leverage
    longer than it is wide ulna, radius,
    metacarpals, phalanges
    Bone Classifications

    Bone
    classification Features Function(s) Examples

    Cube-like shape, Provide stability,


    approximately equal in support, while
    Short Carpals, tarsals
    length, width, and allowing for some
    thickness motion

    Points of attachment
    for muscles; Sternum, ribs, scapulae,
    Flat Thin and curved
    protectors of internal cranial bones
    organs

    Protect internal
    Irregular Complex shape Vertebrae, facial bones
    organs

    Small and round; Protect tendons from


    Sesamoid Patellae
    embedded in tendons compressive forces

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