Short bone

Short bone
Short bone
	Carpus (bones of wrist) is classified as short bone.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	os breve
TA98	A02.0.00.012
TA2	370
FMA	7475
	Anatomical terms of bone

Short bones are designated as those bones that are more or less equal in length, width, and thickness. They include the tarsals in the ankle and the carpals in the wrist. They are one of five types of bones: short, long, flat, irregular and sesamoid. Most short bones are named according to their shape as they exhibit a variety of complex morphological features (They can be cuboid, lenticular, trapezoidal, etc.)^[1]^[2]

Some authors state that short bones are only located in the carpals and tarsals.^[3] The metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges are considered long bones as they have a shaft (tubular diaphysis), but since they're smaller than typical long bones, they're called “miniature, small or short" long bones.^[1]^[4] Nevertheless, others consider the patellae and other sesamoid bones, the vertebral bodies, the bones of the skull base and even the phalanges to be short bones.^[2]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Bilo, Rob A. C.; Loeve, Arjo A. J.; Robben, Simon G. F.; van Rijn, Rick R. (2023). "General Aspects of Fractures in Children". Forensic Aspects of Paediatric Fractures: Differentiating Accidental Trauma from Child Abuse. Springer International Publishing. pp. 23–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12041-1_2. ISBN 978-3-031-12041-1.
^ ^a ^b De Buffrénil, V; De Ricqlès, A; Zylberberg, L; Padian, K (2021). Vertebrate skeletal histology and paleohistology (1st ed.). Boca Raton London New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781351189590. ISBN 978-0815392880. S2CID 236406115.
^ Peate, Ian (2 January 2018). "Anatomy and physiology, 5. The musculoskeletal system". British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. 12 (1): 6–9. doi:10.12968/bjha.2018.12.1.6.
^ Singh, V (12 May 2020). General Anatomy with Systemic Anatomy, Radiological Anatomy, Medical Genetics (3rd ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 69. ISBN 978-81-312-6244-3.
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[Forensic-1] Bilo, Rob A. C.; Loeve, Arjo A. J.; Robben, Simon G. F.; van Rijn, Rick R. (2023). "General Aspects of Fractures in Children". Forensic Aspects of Paediatric Fractures: Differentiating Accidental Trauma from Child Abuse. Springer International Publishing. pp. 23–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12041-1_2. ISBN 978-3-031-12041-1.

[Vertebral-2] De Buffrénil, V; De Ricqlès, A; Zylberberg, L; Padian, K (2021). Vertebrate skeletal histology and paleohistology (1st ed.). Boca Raton London New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781351189590. ISBN 978-0815392880. S2CID 236406115.

[3] Peate, Ian (2 January 2018). "Anatomy and physiology, 5. The musculoskeletal system". British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. 12 (1): 6–9. doi:10.12968/bjha.2018.12.1.6.

[4] Singh, V (12 May 2020). General Anatomy with Systemic Anatomy, Radiological Anatomy, Medical Genetics (3rd ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 69. ISBN 978-81-312-6244-3.

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