![]() Longs bones are hard, dense bones that provide structure and mobility. Under normal circumstances, bones stop growing when an individual has reached late teens or early twenties. Long bones develop mainly in length (such as the femur, tibia, fibula, radius, ulna, humerus) flat bones are characterized by having higher length and width than thickness (such as bones of the skull, shoulder blades, sternum) short bones are developed in a similar way in all three dimensions (such as the carpus and tarsus) and irregular bones are characterized by not having any dominant morphological element (such as in the case of the vertebrae). ![]() Bones are segments of varying shape, size and density, all of which constitute to form the skeletal system.ĭepending on their shape formations, bones can be divided into long bones, flat bones, short bones and irregular bones. ![]() They are characterized by their hardness and mechanical resistance. ![]() Bones are a form of extremely specialized connective tissue, consisting of a mix of a dense organic matrix and inorganic mineral component. ![]()
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