Long bone: [TA] one of the elongated bones of the extremities, consisting of a tubular shaft (diaphysis) and two extremities (epiphyses) usually wider than the shaft; the shaft is composed of compact bone surrounding a central medullary cavity. Cf.: short bone SYN: os longum [TA], pipe bone.
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Long bone: in vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical marrow-containing bone of a limb.
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