L4.2.2.2: Short Bones

• SHORT BONES

  Definition

  ● Generally cube-shaped

  ● Contains mostly spongy bone with an outer layer of compact bone

  ● SESAMOID BONES (4) - type of short bone within tendons (patella)

  Examples

  ● Carpals - wrist bones (8 bones)

  ● Tarsals - ankle bones (7 bones)
• Short Bones

  
  

  Carpals - Wrist

  • Scaphoid (2)

  • Lunate (2)

  • Triquetrum (2)

  • Hamate (2)

  • Capitate (2)

  • Trapezoid (2)

  • Trapezium (2)

  * Pisiform-Not Included

  * Sesamoid Bone

  
  

  28 Short Bones
• Short Bones

  
  

  Tarsals - Ankle

  • Talus (2)

  • Navicular (2)

  • Cuboid (2)

  • Calcaneus (2)

  • Medial Cuneiform (2)

  • Intermediate Cuneiform (2)

  • Lateral Cuneiform (2)

  
  

  28 Short Bones