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GCSE Physical Education · key term
A bone, such as the femur or humerus, whose elongated shape enables gross, large-scale movement.
Used by AQA
Paper 1
Revise: Skeletal structureLong bones enable gross movement, meaning large-scale movement. Examples include the femur and tibia in the leg and the humerus in the upper arm. Moving these bones allows actions such as running, standing up and swinging an arm.
Use the terms finer controlled movement for short bones and gross movement for long bones. Gross means large-scale, not unpleasant.
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