long bones
Shaft-heavy skeletal pieces
Long bones are the elongated, cylindrical bones that make up the limbs—the femur, tibia, humerus, and others.
They consist of a shaft with marrow-filled cavity and enlarged ends where joints form.
Long bones function as levers for movement and are the primary sites of blood cell production in adults.
- marrowSoft bone interior
- bone marrowBlood cell birthplace
- growth plateCartilage enabling bone elongation
- tibiaMain lower leg bone
- femurUpper leg bone
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- skeletal systemskull, femur, tibia, fibula, humerus
- osteologyosteology, bone structure, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, ossification
- bioarchaeologyhuman remains, disease markers, health history, growth patterns, occupational stress
- osteometryskull shape, cranial capacity, body proportions, sex determination
- skeletal analysishuman remains, osteology, sex determination, bone age, age at death
- bonesskull, femur, tibia, skulls, humerus