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1
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What are the six more commonly used classifications of normal bone?

A

long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, paranasal or pneumatic bones, and sesamoid bones

2
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What are the classifications given to abnormal bone stressed in spinal amatomy?

A

heterotopic bone and accessory bone

3
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What is the name given to bone formed in non-bone locations?

A

heterotopic bone

4
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What is the name given to bone formed from existing bone?

A

accessory bone

5
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What are the names given to parts of a long bone?

A

the diaphysis (shaft), and typically two epiphyses (extremeties)

6
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What are the primary characteristics of short bones?

A

They are essentially cuboidal

7
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What are examples of short bones?

A

Most of the bones of the carpus and tarsus

8
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What are flat bones?

A

a thin layer of spongy bone is sandwiched between two layers of compact bone

9
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What are examples of flat bones?

A

The parietal bone and sternum

10
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What are examples of pneumatic bones?

A

frontal, ethmoid, maxilla, sphenoid, and temporal bones

11
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What bones contain paranasal sinuses?

A

frontal, ethmoid, maxilla, and sphenoid

12
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What is the characteristic of sesamoid bone?

A

the bone develops within a tendon

13
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What are examples of heterotopic bones?

A

calcific deposits in the pineal gland, heart, and ligaments

14
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What are examples of accessory bones?

A

para-articular processes and bony spurs of vertebrae