Short bone

Short bone
Carpus (bones of wrist) is classified as short bone.
Short bones in human skeleton. (shown in red). Some sources classify patella as short bone and some don't.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	os breve
Dorlands /Elsevier	consist of cancellous tissue enclosed within a thin layer of compact bone. o_07/These consist of cancellous tissue enclosed within a thin layer of compact bone.
TA	A02.0.00.012
FMA	7475
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

Short bones are designated as those bones that are as wide as they are long. Their primary function is to provide support and stability with little to no movement. They are one of five types of bones: short, long, flat, irregular and sesamoid. Examples of these bones include the tarsals in the foot and the carpals in the hand.

Additional images

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  Short bones in human skeleton. (shown in red)

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  Classification of bones by shape.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

• Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition