Short Bones

A short bone is one of the types of bones classified by shape.

Short bones can be approximately cube-shaped, i.e. length is similar to width/depth/diameter. The most obvious examples are the carpal bones (of the hands/wrists) and the tarsal bones (of the feet/ankles).

Examples:

• Scaphoid bone (wrist bone)
• Lunate bone (wrist bone)
• Hamate bone (wrist bone)
  and other wrist bones = carpal bones
• Cuboid bone (ankle bone)
• First Cuniform bone (ankle bone)
• Second Cuniform bone (ankle bone)
  and other ankle bones = tarsal bones

The following books may also be of interest:

This section is about
Bone Types, i.e. the different shapes of bones.
To read about the other shapes of bones use the links on the left-side of this page or see Types of Bones (all on 1 page).