Organ of human body
Flat Bones Protect Internal Organs
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2. Long Bones Support Weight and Facilitate Movement The long bones
1. Flat
Bones Protect Internal Organs
There are
flat bones
in the skull
, the thoracic cage and the pelvis.
The function of flat bones is to protect internal
organs such as the brain
, heart, and pelvic organs. Flat
bones are somewhat flattened
,
and can provide protection
, like a shield flat bones can also provide large areas of attachment for muscles.
2. Long Bones Support Weight
and Facilitate Movement
The
long bones
,
longer than they are wide
, include the femur (the longest bone in the body) as well as relatively small bones in the fingers.
Long bones function to support the weight of the body and facilitate movement.
Anatomy
and Metallic Biomaterials
MSc
202 - 202
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