Classification of bone, there are two types, compact or
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This bone is typically longer than wide and mostly compact bone
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This bone is generally cube shaped and mostly spongy bone. It is also a shock absorber
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This bone is thin and flat, usually cube shaped. It protects underlying organs. It has thin layers of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone
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This bone has large numbers of projections for the tendon attachment. Any bone which is not long, short or flat is classified as this & they generally have specialist functions E.G. Vertebrae
