Flashcards in Bone Classification Deck (9):
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What are the six more commonly used classifications of normal bone?
Long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, paranasal sinus or pneumatic bones, and sesamoid bones
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What is the name given to bone formed in a non-bone location?
Heterotopic bone
3
What is the name given to bone formed from existing bone?
Accessory bone
4
What are examples of short bones?
Most of the bones of the carpus and tarsus
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What is characteristic of pneumatic bone?
Air spaces with the bone
6
What are examples of pneumatic bone?
Frontal, ethmoid, maxilla, sphenoid, and temporal
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What is the characteristic of sesamoid bone?
The bone develops within a tendon
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What are consistent examples of sesamoid bones?
Patella and pisiform
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