SKELETAL SYSTEM/ ADIPOSE TISSUE LESSON

framework of body

attachment for muscles

protection of vital organ

storage of calcium

relatively cylindrical shaft

act as lever and aid to support locomotion

EXAMPLE OF LONG BONE

cuboid shape no marrow cavity

act as absorbing concussion

EXAMPLE OF SHORT BONE

thin and expanded in two dimensions

protect vital organ

EXAMPLE OF FLAT BONE

resembles a sesame seed and developed along course of tendons

to reduce friction

example of sesamoid bone

unpaired bones located in median plane

serve as protection support muscle attachment