In the laboratory, your professor presents a bone for study. She explains it has a diaphysis and epiphyses. Determine the type of bone, by shape, that she has presented and explain how you came to your conclusion
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Short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid bones do not have diaphyses or epiphyses. Your professor must be presenting a long bone for study. Long bones possess a shaft, known as a diaphysis, and enlarged, rounded ends, known as epiphyses.
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