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What does the skeletal system consists of?

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• bones and joints

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What are joints?

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• connection point between two bones

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What does the skeleton store?

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• calcium

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What is the formation of new blood cells called?

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•hematopoiesis

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Where does hematopoiesis occur?

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• bone marrow cavities

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What is a bone composed of?

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  • Osseous tissue
  • Connective tissue
  • cartilage
  • blood vessels
  • nerves
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How many bones in the human body?

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  • 206

* considered organs

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How are bones classified!

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• by shape

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What are the 6 different bone shapes?

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  1. Sutura bones
  2. Flat bones
  3. Long bones
  4. Short bones
  5. Sesamoid bones
  6. Irregular bones
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What are sutura bones?

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  • Small, flat
  • Found w/in the skull suture
  • Wormian bones
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What are flat bones?

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  • thin like plate
  • protect underlying structures
  • large surface area for tendon/ligament attachment
  • cranial bones
  • sternum
  • ribs
  • scapula
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How are long bones?

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  • longer than wife

* most common

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How are short bones?

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  • similar in length and width
  • cubed shaped
  • carpals, tarsals
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How are sesamoid bones?

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  • small, flat
  • develop inside tendons
  • patella
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How are irregular bones?

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  • complex shapes
  • notches and processes
  • vertebrae, coxal bone
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What is related to the function of the bones?

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• surface features

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What indicated the presence of smooth bone?

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  • part of a joint

* soft so bones can move against each other

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What indicates the princess of rough trochanter and tuberosities?

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• site where tendons and ligaments are anchored

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What are the different types of features pt1.

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  1. Canal
  2. Fissure
  3. Foramen
  4. Process
  5. Sinus
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What are the different types of features pt2.

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  1. Head
  2. Trochanter
  3. Neck
  4. Line
  5. Epicondyle
  6. Condyle
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What are the different types of features pt3.

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  1. Groove or sulcus
  2. Tubercle
  3. Tuberosity
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What are the different types of features pt4.

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  1. Crest
  2. Fossa
  3. Spine
  4. Ramus
  5. Facet
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What is a canal?

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  • Round hole

* deeper than a foramen

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What is a foramen?

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  • small round hole

* usually for blood vessels or never passage

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What is a fissure?
• narrow gar
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What is a sinus?
* open chamber w/in a bone | * air filled
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What is a process?
• general term for projection
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What is the head of a. Bone?
* large, smooth * rounded process * serve for articulation
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What is the neck of a bone?
• narrow connection between head and rest of bone
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What is a trochanter?
• large, rough process
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What is the line of a bone?
• very narrow ridge
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What is the epicondyle?
• raised area of bone
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What is a condyle?
* smooth, rounded process | * for articulation in bone
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What is the groove or sulcus?
•narrow depression
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What is the tubercle?
• small rounded process
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What is the tuberosity?
• small rough process
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What is the facet?
* small, almost flat surface | * for articulation in a joint
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What is the crest of a bone?
• prominent narrow ridge
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What is a fossa?
• shallow depression on surface bone
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What is the spine of a bone?
• narrow and pointed process
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What is the ramus?
* flat bridge of bone | * makes angle to the rest of structure
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What are the parts of a long bone?
1. Proximal epiphysis 2. Diaphysis 3. Distal epiphysis
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What is proximal epiphysis?
* upper end of long bone * composed primarily of spongy bone * with thin covering of compact bone
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What composes the proximal epiphysis?
1. Articular cartilage 2. Epiphysial line 3. Spongy bone
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How is the articular cartilage?
* hyaline cartilage | * covers portion of each epiphysis involved in a Joint
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What is the epiphysial line?
* narrow zone between each epiphysis and diaphysis * in growing children is composed of cartilage * site for lengthening bone * also called epiphysial plate * in adults is ossified
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What is spongy bone?
* site of hematopoiesis | * house red bone marrow
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What is the diaphysis?
* tube shape * shaft of long bone * hollow cavity in center * composed of compact and spongy bone
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What composes the diaphysis?
1. Medullary cavity 2. Endosteum 3. Compact bone 4. Yellow bone marrow 5. Periosteum
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What is the medullary cavity?
* chamber w/in diaphysis * lined with spongy bone * contains bone marrow
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What is the endosteum?
* connective tissue membrane | * lines medullary cavity
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What is the yellow bone marrow?
* found in medullary cavity | * yellow because of fat cells
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What is the periosteum?
* thin connective tissue covering surface of long bone | * anchored to surface bone
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What is the compact bone?
* matrix organized into osteons * resistant to stress * found in walls of dyaphisis
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What are the 7 parts of compact bone?
1. Circumferential lamellae 2. Interstitial lamellae 3. Periosteum 4. Central canal 5. Perforating canal 6. Spongy bone 7. Osteon
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What is the circumferential lamellae?
• layers of matrix found around outer surface of bone
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What is interstitial lamellae?
• layers of matrix filling spaces between osteons
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What is the central canal?
* osteonic or harversian canal * extends through center or osteon * houses artery, vein and nerve
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What is the perforating canal?
* Volkmann's canal * connects central canals of adjacent osteons * houses artery, veins and nerves
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What is the osteon?
* Harversian system * cylinder shape unit * gives compact bone its unique appearance * consists of rings of lamellae * organized around a central canal
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What are the parts of an osteon?
1. Canaliculis 2. Artery 3. Vein 4. Nerve 5. Central canal 6. Lamella
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What is the lamella?
* layers of matrix in compact bone | * lacunae and osteocytes found between adjacent of lamellae
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What is the canaliculi?
* network of tony canals * connect lacunae to each other * allows nutrient to reach osteocytes
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What is an osteocytes?
* mature bone cell * does not produce new matrix * removes/ rebuilds old matrix
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What is a lacuna?
* open space between lamellae | * each houses one osteocyte
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What is spongy bone? pt2.
• cancellous bone
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What composes spongy bone?
1. Lamellae 2. Osteocytes 3. Lacuna 4. Canaliculi 5. Trabeculae
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What is the trabeculae?
* matrix arrangement in spongy bone * Lattice like network * osteocytes scattered * forms open spaces that houses red bone marrow
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