Long bones

Dr Yuranga Weerakkody ◉ and Dr Jeremy Jones ◉ et al.

Long bones are 1 of the 5 types of bone in the human body and are defined as those that are longer than they are wide.

The majority of the appendicular skeleton is composed of long bones (aside from the carpals and tarsals).

In general, the long bones form by endochondral ossification.

Anatomy: General

anatomic position
anatomic nomenclature
- Terminologia Anatomica
  - superseded nomenclature
    - Nomina Anatomica
    - Basle Nomina Anatomica
anatomic variants
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regional anatomy
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osteology
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  - macroscopic structure
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  - bone growth
    - fetal bone formation
      - notochord
    - developmental ossification
      - endochondral ossification
        
        primary ossification
        
        secondary ossification
      - intramembranous ossification
    - tubulation
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Article information

rID: 42633

System: Musculoskeletal

Section: Anatomy

Tag: bone

Synonyms or Alternate Spellings:

Long bone

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