Term Name: flat bone
Synonyms: os planum
Definition: A bone that is shaped as a broad flat plate and composed of two thin layers of compact tissue enclosing between them a variable quantity of cancellous tissue, which is the location of red bone marrow.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0010428]

Relationships
is a type of: bone element
has subtype: innominate bone nasal bone occipital bone sutural bone tetrapod frontal bone tetrapod parietal bone