Long bones grow longer at the heads

True

False

It's true, long bones grow by getting longer at the heads. There are plates at the heads, which are active, growing centers filled with cartilage. The cartilage grows outward and the bone cells fill in the old cartilage behind with bone tissue. Thus, the bones lengthen.

The answer is false the long bones doesn’t grow longer in heads because Long bones typically have an elongated shaft and two expanded ends one on either side of the shaft. The shaft is known as diaphysis and the ends are called epiphyses. Normally the epiphyses are smooth and articular. The shaft has a central medullary cavity where lies the bone marrow. Long bones are usually divided into different three categories:

Typical long bones: They have a long shaft and two ends and are represented by bones such as humerus, femur, radius, ulna, tibia and fibula. As the name describe, these bones have a small look and sometimes they have only one epiphysis.