Classification of Bones

·Long bones

·Typically longer than wide

·Have a shaft with heads at both ends

·Contain mostly compact bone

•Examples: Femur, humerus

·Short bones

·Generally cube-shape

·Contain mostly spongy bone

·Examples: Carpals, tarsals

·Flat bones

·Thin and flattened

·Usually curved

·Thin layers of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone

·Examples: Skull, ribs, sternum

·Irregular bones

·Irregular shape

·Do not fit into other bone classification categories

·Example: Vertebrae and hip