What are the long bones in the appendicular skeleton?

Long bones are mostly located in the appendicular skeleton and include bones in the lower limbs (the tibia, fibula, femur, metatarsals, and phalanges) and bones in the upper limbs (the humerus, radius, ulna, metacarpals, and phalanges).

Which bone is found in the appendicular skeleton?

The appendicular skeleton includes the bones of the shoulder girdle, the upper limbs, the pelvic girdle, and the lower limbs.

What bones are in the appendicular division?

Appendicular Skeleton (126 bones)

• Humerus (2)
• Radius (2)
• Ulna (2)
• Carpals (16)
• Metacarpals (10)
• Phalanges (28)

Which bones are long bones?

Long bones are hard, dense bones that provide strength, structure, and mobility. The thigh bone (femur) is a long bone. A long bone has a shaft and two ends. Some bones in the fingers are classified as long bones, even though they are short in length.

What is a long bone?

A long bone is a bone that has a shaft and 2 ends and is longer than it is wide. Long bones have a thick outside layer of compact bone and an inner medullary cavity containing bone marrow. The ends of a long bone contain spongy bone and an epiphyseal line.

What is axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton?

The appendicular skeleton includes all the bones that form the upper and lower limbs, and the shoulder and pelvic girdles. The axial skeleton includes all the bones along the body’s long axis. The axial skeleton includes the bones that form the skull, laryngeal skeleton, vertebral column, and thoracic cage.

How do you identify long bones?

Which is the longest bone?

The femur
The femur is one of the most researched bones in the human anatomy and forensic medicine. As the longest bone in the human body, it is well preserved in skeletal remains.

What is the name of the shaft of a long bone?

diaphysis
The shaft of a long bone is called the diaphysis.

Which of the following are not part of the appendicular skeleton?

The clavicle and scapula are both parts of the shoulder girdle. So these are included in the perpendicular skeleton. So these are part of the shoulder girdle. The ribs are not part of the connective skeleton, those aren’t included.