Flat Bones

• What is a flat bone?

  skull

  
• flat bones


  -Thin, flattened, and usually curved

  -Two thin layers of compact bone sandwich a layer of spongy bone between them

  
• examples of flat bones

  skull, ribs, sternum

  
• Flat bones(def)

  Thin, flattened, and usually curved

  Two thin layers of compact bone sandwich a layer of spongy bone between them
• Examples of flat bones are

  Most bones of the skull

  Ribs

  Sternum