| 1. | In an adult, most red blood cells are formed in flat bones.
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| 2. | Like the other cranial bones it is classed as a flat bone.
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| 3. | The Fell pony should be hardy and show good pony characteristics, including strong flat bone.
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| 4. | Less commonly affected sites include the talus and calcaneus of the foot and flat bones.
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| 5. | Dog biscuits may be sold in a flat bone-shape.
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| 6. | Other skeletal signs include enlarged joints, short hands and fingers, and flat bones of the spine ( vertebrae ).
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| 7. | Secondary ossification occurs after birth, and forms the epiphyses of long bones and the extremities of irregular and flat bones.
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| 8. | A third type of bone cell found in flat bones is called an osteoclast, which destroys the bone using enzymes.
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| 9. | If you applied a bit of pressure to a flat bone such as the pelvic bone, you could bend it.
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| 10. | In humans, it is a flat bone, roughly triangular in shape, placed on a posterolateral aspect of the thoracic cage.
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