Flat bone

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Flat bones are bones whose principal function is either extensive protection or the provision of broad surfaces for muscular attachment. These bones are expanded into broad, flat plates, as in the cranium (skull), the ilium, ischium, and pubis (pelvis), sternum and the rib cage.

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