Long bone
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long-bone-161-17448826
title:
Long bone
text:
The long bones are those that are longer than they are wide. They are one of five types of bones: long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid. Long bones, especially the femur and tibia, are subjected to most of the load during daily activities and they are crucial for skeletal mobility. They grow primarily by elongation of the diaphysis, with an epiphysis at each end of the growing bone. The ends of epiphyses are covered with hyaline cartilage. The longitudinal growth of long bones is a result of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Bone that is longer than it is wide
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_bone
date created:
2004-07-05T00:04:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T13:47:47Z
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