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GCSE Physical Education · key term
A compact bone, such as a carpal in the wrist, that enables finer controlled movement.
Used by AQA
Paper 1
Revise: Skeletal structureShort bones enable finer controlled movements. The carpals in the wrist are examples. Their smaller, compact shape contributes to controlled adjustments of the hand, rather than the large movements associated with long bones.
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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