long_bone has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) in vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical marrow-containing bone of a limb

Synonyms

os_longum

Used in print

(S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)

Second , the upper portion permits comparison of maturity levels of an equal number of growth centers from the long , short , and round_bones of the five regions .

The lower portion permits comparison of maturity levels of short and round_bones predominantly , since only two long_bones are included in Hand and Wrist as a region .

One growth center in a short_bone - distal phalanx of the second finger - was chosen as an example for discussion here , primarily because epiphyseal diaphyseal fusion , the maturity indicator for Completion in long and short_bones , occurs in this center for girls near the menarche and for boys near their comparable pubescent stage .

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