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Skeletal system includes:
bones of the skeleton
cartilages, ligaments, and connective tissues
Characteristics of Bone Tissue
Osseous
Dense, supportive connective tissue
Contains specialized cells
Produces solid matrix of calcium salt deposits around collagen fibers
Very Vascular
Functions of the skeletal system
Support
Protection
Leverage necessary for movement
Mineral and lipid storage
Blood cell production
Divisions of the Skeletal System
Axial and Appendicular
Axial Skeleton
Components
Skull
Vertebral Column
Rib Cage
Appendicular Skeleton
Components
Shoulder bones and upper limbs
Hip bones and lower limbs
Primary Functions of the Axial Skeleton
Protection
Support
Primary Functions of the Appendicular Skeleton
Leverage for movement
Support
Each bones is a discrete ______?
organ
Gross Anatomy
is the study of?
Shape and Tissues
Microscopic Anatomy of bones includes?
Cells and Matrix
Classification of Bones by Shape
Long bones
Short bones
Flat bones
Irregular bones
Sutural bones
Sesamoid bones
Where are 'long bones' located?
Found in arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes
What are the characteristics of long bones?
long and slender
The Diaphysis is what?
the shaft
The Epiphysis is what?
expanded portion at ends
The Metaphysis is what?
region where diaphysis and epiphysis meet
The central space of bone is called the?
Marrow Cavity
heavy wall of compact bone, or dense bone is in which portion of bone?
Diaphysis
deep spongy bone included in the Epipysis is also called what?
(cancellous) bone
What are the characteristics of short bone?
Are small and thick
Roughly cube shaped
Where is the short bone located?
wrist bones (Carpals) and ankle (Tarsals)
The characteristics of Flat Bone?
Thin with parallel surfaces, flattened often slightly curved
Flat bone is a layer of what found between two layers of compact bone?
Spongy Bone ( (diploe)
sandwhich
Complicated shapes
Have complex shapes
What type of bone is this?
Irregular Bone
Examples of irregular bone?
Vertebrae
ossa coxae
many skull/facial bones
Sutural Bones are also called?
Wormian Bones
Sutural Bone characteristics
Small irregular bones
Variable form and numbers
Where are the sutural bones found?
Found between the flat bones of the skull in the skull
Sesamoid Bones are?
small and flat
Sesamoid Bones develop where?
Develop inside tendons
Near joints of knees, hands, and feet
What is the sole function of the sesamoid bones?
Reinforce joints
they can also alter the direction of muscle pull
Give an example of a Sesamoid Bone?
Patella
Characteristics of Bone Tissue
Dense matrix
Deposits of calcium salts
Bone cells within lacunae
Organized around blood vessels
Types of bone Tissue
Compact
Spongy
Bone Marrow
The Compact Bone is a
Regular arrangement of ____?
osteons
Compound bone looks _____ and ______ to the naked eye?
Looks smooth and solid to naked eye
Lamella ?
Layer
lacunae of compact bone contains?
osteocutes
Canaliculi ?
allow osteocutes to communicate via gap junctions
Blasts refer to ?
forming
clasts refer to?
eating
progeni referes to?
offspring
Compound Bone is ?
Dense and Stong
Spongy Bone is?
open arrangment
light weight
shock absorbing
resistant to tension
Lamellae in compact bone, the Concentric lamellae is where?
In osteon
Where is the Circumferential Lamellae and what does it do?
Lamellae wrapped around the long bone
Binds osteons together
Where is the Interstitial lamellae?
Irregular lamellae in gaps around osteons
Structure of Osseus Tissue
The lacunae contains?
osteocytes
In the structure of the Osseus Tissue the Canaliculi allows what?
Allow osteocytes to communicate via gap junctions
In the structure of the Osseous tissue the Osteon
is also referred to as what? and what is it?
(Haversian system)
Basic structural unit of compact bone
In the structure of the Osseous tissue what is the Lamella?
Concentric layers of bone
Collagen fibers and salt crystals lie in opposite directions in adjacent lamella
In the structure of the Ossesous tissue what are the Perforating Canals?
Volkman’s canals
Perpendicular to the central canal
Carry blood vessels into bone and to marrow
What contributes to the structure of Osseous tissue?
Lamellae
Canaliculi
Osteon
Lacunae
Perforating Canals
Spongy Bone (cancellous bone is what?
Honeycomb of osseous tissue called trabeculae
Spongy Bone is wich part of the bone?
Internal part of bone
Epiphysis
internal portion of flat and irregular bones
Appears to be poorly organized
Spongy bone contains no ?
No osteons
Trabeculae ( spongy bone) is actually arranged along what?
lines of stress
Trabeculae have no....
Trabeculae have no blood vessels
Osteocytes in spongy bone are interconnected by
canaliculi
Spongy Bone Contains irregularly arranged ______?
Lamella
Compact bone is covered with membrane
_______ on the outside
_______ on the inside
periosteum on the outside
endosteum on the inside
Membranes like the periosteum and endosteum cover every bone except?
Covers all bones
except parts enclosed in joint capsules
Functions of Periosteum and Endosteum
Isolate bone from surrounding tissues
Provide a route for circulatory and nervous supply
Role in bone growth and repair
What is the Periosteum outter layer??
Outer fibrous layer of dense irregular connective tissue
Continuous with joint capsules, tendons, and ligaments
Collagen fibers incorporated into the bone called perforating fibers
What is the Periosteum inner layer?
Deep cellular layer
Inner layer
Richly supplied with blood vessels, nerve fibers, and lymphatic vessels
osteoprogenitor cells, osteoblasts and osteoclast
What does the Endosteum cover?
Covers inner surfaces of bone
-trabeculae of spongy bone
-marrow cavity
-lines canals that pass through compact bone
What cells does the Endosteum contain?
Contains osteoprogenitor cells, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts
Bone Cells
Make up only _______ % of bone mass
2
Osteoprogenitor Cells
are what?
Osteoprogenitor cells
Mesenchymal stem cells that divide to produce osteoblasts
Are located in inner, cellular layer of periosteum (endosteum)
Assist in fracture repair
Osteoblasts ?
Immature bone cells
Bone cells that Secrete new extracellular matrix (osteoid)
Encourage acculmulation of calcium salts in the matrix
Carry out osteogenesis
What makes up the organic part of bone?
osteoid,
matric produced by osteoblasts, but not yet calcified to form bone.....
Ground Substance
Collagen Fibers
How much of the bone matrix is made up of proein fibers called collagen?
1/3
What makes up the inorganic component of bone ?
Mineral Salts
Hydroxyapatites
What are the Hydroxyapatites
located in the inorganic portion of bone?
Calcium phosphate Ca3(PO4)2
Reacts with calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2
Form crystals of hydroxyapatite, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2
Calcium phosphate
Ca3(PO4)2
calcium hydroxide
Ca(OH)2
hydroxyapatite
Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2
Which enzyme is responsible for adding phosphates to the inorganic component of bone?
alkaline phosphate
Mature osteoblast that are completely surrounded by bone matrix in lacunea?
Osteocytes
Do osteocytes divide?
nope
Function of osteocytes?
Connected by cytoplasmic extensions through canaliculi
Maintain the protein and mineral content of the surrounding matrix
These secrete acids and protiolytic enzymes that digest bone? Large multinucleate cells?
Osteoclasts
Acids disolve what out of bone leaving only the collagen framework?
mineral salts
Bone homeostasis requires what to maintain ?
bone building (by osteocytes)
bone recycling( by osteoclasts)