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which bones are longer than they are wide
long bones
an example of this bone is humerus and fingers
long bones
which bones are cubed shaped
short bones
examples of these bones are wrist and ankle
short bones
these bones are thin, flattened, a bit curved
flat bones
examples of these bones are sternum, ribs, scapula, and skull
flat bones
these bones are complicated shapes
irregular bones
examples of these bones are vertebra, hip bones
irrectular bones
these bones are special type of short bones that forms within a tendon
sesmoid bone
example of these bones are patella
sesmoid bone
one function of bones
support--support body
second function of bones is
Protection--protects organs,brain, spinal cord
third function of bones is
movement--skeletal muscles use bones to move the body
fourth function of the bone is
mineral storage--reservoir for minerals/mostly calcium and phosphate
fifth function of the bone is
blood cell formation--hematopoiesis occurs within the red marrow found in spongy bone
covers external surface of the bone
Periosteum
contain osteon, contains blood vessels
compact bone
supports bones
spongy bones
childhood disease/vitamin d deficiency
rickets
bones are soft and weak/ minerals are not deposited in bone
osteomalacia
bone resorption out paces bone deposit/calcium deficiency resulting in brittle bones
osteoporosis
a unit of heredity that controls the development of one trait
gene
made of DNA
gene
a gene exists in alternate forms
allele
member of a paired gene
allele
one allele comes from each parent
allele
trait that masks the other
dominant
dominant alleles are expressed
dominant
massed trait
recessive
not expressed in the presence of a dominant allele
recessive
two identical alleles
homozygous
AA or aa
homozygous
two different alleles
heterozygous
Aa
heterozygous
genetic make up
genotype
respresented by alleles
geneotype
the outward expression of the genotype
phenotype
chromosomes of the same pair
homologous chromosones
two different alleles are both dominant
codominant
a display or picture of 23 pairs of chromosones
karyotype
a normal chromosome number
uploid
not atrue set of chromosomes when you have less than 23 chromosomes
aneuploid
extra complete set of chromosomes
polyploidy
missing one chromosome
monosomy
extra one chromosomes
trisomy
chromosome #23
sex chromosome
chromosomes 1-22
autosomes
is a change in a sequence of DNA/causes an abnormal trait
mutation
trisomy 21/mental retardation
down syndrome
only one x chromosome/person does not go through puberty
turner syndrome
extra x chromosomes/low intelligence
Klinefleter syndrome
extra Y chromosome/causes men to be violent and aggressive
Jacobs syndrome
a weakness in the X chromosome/causes mental retardation w/characteristic long face
Fragile X syndrome
slow blood clotting/X-linked recessive disease
Hemophilia
skin does not produce pigment melanin
albinism
red blood cells are fragile and bend into sickle shapes
sickle cell Anemia
inherit too many, or too few opsin genes
color blindness
a diagram of gametes/shows genotype and phenotype ratios
punnett square
single gene inheritance/monohybird cross
mendels first law of gene segregation