L4.2.2.3: Flat Bones

• FLAT BONES

  Definition

  ● Thin, flattened, and curved

  ● 2 thin layers of compact bone sandwich a layer of spongy bone between them

  Examples

  ● Most bones of the skull

  ● Ribs (12 pairs)

  ● Sternum (breastbone)

  ● Scapula
• Flat Bones

  • Sternum (1) - Breastbone

  • Ribs (24) Rib Cage

  • Skull

  Frontal Bone (1)

  Parietal Bone (2)

  Occipital Bone (1)

  Nasal (2)

  Lacrimal (2)

  Vomer (1)

  Scapula (2)-Shoulder Blade

  36 bones