What kind of coverings does a long bone have?
Periosteum (outside) and endosteum (medullary cavity)
Where is red blood marrow found?
What are the general features of the epiphyseal plate?
What are the 6 steps of endochondral ossification?
What does mineralization mean?
Mineralization is the processes involved in hardening of bone by deposition of calcium phosphate and other minerals; also called “calcification”
What does calcitonin do to osteoclasts and osteoblasts?
Osteoclasts are inhibited within 15 minutes
Osteoblasts are stimulated within an hour
What is the name for the study of bones?
Osteology
Where are osteogenic cells found?
The endosteum, inner surface of periosteum and in central canals
What does calcium do in the body?
muscle contraction and bone hardening
What causes hyperexcitability and tetany?
Hypocalcemia
What are the 4 types of bone (with example)?
What are the 4 steps of fracture healing?
What is the epiphysis?
The expanded head of a long bone
What are the 5 functions of the skeleton?
Describe the organic portion of an osseous tissue
It makes up 1/3 of the dry weight of the bone
Composed of Collagen, Glycosaminoglycans, Proteoglycans, and Glycoproteins
What is a fracture where the skin is broken?
Open/compound
What is a fracture where the bone is in 3+ pieces or shattered?
Comminuted
What is responsible for phosphate and magnesium balance in the blood?
Osteocytes
Which hormone is secreted by the thyroid to lower blood calcium?
Calcitonin
What serves as the body’s storage for Calcium and Phosphorous?
The bones hold 99% of calcium and 90% of Phosphorous
What does the parathyroid gland release to raise blood calcium?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) - moves calcium from bones to blood, stimulates osteocytes and osteoclasts to dissolve matrix (bone resorption)
How many bones are in the human body?
Around 206
What kind of bone cell has multiple nuclei (from many fused monocytes) and dissolves matrix by acids and enzymes?
Osteoclasts
Describe the general features of the endosteum
Reticular connective tissue that lines the medullary cavity