Cube Shaped Bone

human anatomy,animal anatomy

Cube Shaped Bone. This type of bone tissue sometimes called spongy bone is especially susceptible to loss of density with age poor nutritional status and hormonal imbalance. Short bones are cube.

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Examples of short bones in the body would be tarsals and carpals. A bone that is roughly cube shaped eg wrist and ankle bones Irregular Bone. The bones that are cube shaped are called short bones.

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A type of bone with a thin flattened shape. Cube shaped bones that contain mostly spongy bone are called General. The membrane lines the fibrous capsule surrounding joints. A short bone is one that is cube-like in shape being approximately equal in length width and thickness.