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What is the skeletal system mostly made of? |
Hyaline cartilage |
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At what age is the skeleton completely hardened? |
25 |
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How many bones are in the adult skeleton? |
206 |
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How many bones are in the axillary skeleton? |
80 |
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How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton? |
126 |
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What bones make up the axil skeleton? |
Skull Spine SkullSpineRib cage Rib cage |
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What bones make up the appendicular skeleton? |
Upper limbs Lower limbs Shoulder girdle Pelvic girdle |
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What is the long bone called? Where is it located? |
Femur Leg |
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What is the outermost layer of the long bone? |
Periosteum- tough covering of fibrous tissue |
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Ossification means? |
Formation of bone tissue |
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What 2 things largely make up the extracellular matrix of bone? |
Collagen Inorganic salts |
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What gives bones strength and resilience? |
Collagen |
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What makes bone hard and resists crushing? |
Inorganic salts |
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Mature bone cells ? |
Osteocytes |
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Body chamber where osteocytes are found? |
Lacunae |
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What forms concentric circles around central canals (have risen canals) |
Lacunae |
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Osteocytes transport nutrients and wastes via ? |
Canaliculi |
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Spongy bone is aka ? |
Cancellous bone |
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Branching bony plates that help reduce bones weight in the spongy bone are called what? |
Trabeculae |
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A concentric circles in the compact bone is ? |
Osteon |
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Contains artery, vein, nerve in compact bone? |
Central canal |
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Volkmann's canal aka ? |
Perforating canal |
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Branching "ribs" of bone present in spongy bone are known as? |
Trabeculae |
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Sheet like layers of connective tissues Broad, flat bones Skull bones (except mandible) |
Intramembranous ossification |
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Bones begin as hyaline cartilage These are the most bones of the skeleton ? |
Endochondral ossification |
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Deposit bony matrix around themselves Build bones Build themselves into lacunae Once isolated we call them osteocytes? |
Osteoblasts |
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When does bony tissue begin to replace hyaline cartilage? |
In the center of the diaphy |
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Where does the primary and secondary ossification begin and end. ? |
Begin in the primary section=middle Ends in the spongy bone secondary section =ends of bones |
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Resting cells Anchors epiphysis plate to epiphysis |
First layer of cells |
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Many rows of young cells Undergoing mitosis |
Second layer of cells |
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Older cells left behind when new cells appear Cells enlarging Nd becoming calcified |
Third layer of cells |
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Thin Dead cells Calcified Extracellular matrix |
Fourth layer of cells |
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What causes bone resorption? |
Osteoclasts |
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What do acids do in the homeostasis of bone tissue ? What do enzymes do? |
Acid- dissolves inorganic component Enzymes-digest organic component |
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What vitamin retards bone development? |
Vitamin A |
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What vitamin deficientcy results in fragile bones |
Vitamin c |
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What vitamin deficiency do you have when you see rickets and osteomalacia (softening of bone tissue) |
Vitamin D |
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What do you see when you have insufficient growth? |
Dwarfism |
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What do you see when you have the excessive growth hormone? |
Gigantism,acromegaly |
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What do you see when you have insufficient thyroid hormone? |
Delays in bone growth. |
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What do sex hormones cause? |
Promote bone formation Stimulate ossification of epiphysis plates |
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What does physical stress do? |
Stimulates bone growth |
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Erythrocytes? |
Red blood cells |
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Leukocytes |
White blood cells |
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Platelets |
Thrombocytes |
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Blood cell formation is also known as? |
Hematopiesis |
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Where does hematopiesis occur at? |
Red bone marrow |
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Why is blood cell formation red? |
Bc of the red, oxygen carrying pigment called hemoglobin |
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What are the inorganic salts? |
Calcium Phosphate Magnesium Sodium Potassium |
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A condition that results from loss of bone material? |
Osteoperosis |
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What are soft spots called? |
Fontanels |
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Do soft spots close? If so when? |
Yes as we develop as children |
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How many bones are in the cervical vertebrae? |
7 |
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What area is the cervical vertebrae? |
Neck |
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How many bones are in the thoracic vertebrae? |
12 |
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How many bones are in the lumbar vertebrae? |
5 |
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How many vertebrae re in the sacral area? |
4-5 FUSED segments |
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How many vertebrae are in the coccygeal area? |
3-4 fused segments |
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What part of the scapula articulates with the clavicle? |
Acromion |
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Radius is on what side of the arm? |
Thumb side |
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Ulna is on what side of the arm? |
Pinky side |
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How many carpals make up the wrist? |
8 |
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Which bones make up the wrist? |
Carpals |
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To what part of the tibia does the patellar ligament attach? |
Tibial tuberosity |
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How many bones make up the phalanges in the hand and in the feet ? |
14 |
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What does the axis have that other vertebrae do not? |
Dens Bifid spinous process Transverse foramina |
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What is the main function of the appendicular skeleton? |
Aid in motion |
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What bone is the shin bone? |
Tibia |
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What part of the bone makes the ankle? |
The tibia, medial malleolus |
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How many metatarsal bones are in the foot? |
10 |
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How many phalanges are there in the foot? |
28 |
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How many tarsal bones are there in the foot? |
14 |
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What bone is non weight bearing? |
Fibula |
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The hip bones contain 3 bones what are they? |
Illium Ishium Pubis |
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(Hip bones) What is the part of the cartilage in between two bones called ? |
Symphysis pubis |
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What does the two pubis bones make when they are put together? |
Public arch |
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What is a hole? |
Foramen |
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What is a process? |
Outcropping of bone |
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What is a tunnel? |
Meatus |
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What is a bump? |
Condile |
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Articulates with another bone, found at the ends of the long bones |
Epiphysis |
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Between diaphysis and the epiphysis? |
Metaphysis |
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Shaft of a long bone |
Diaphysis |
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What is found on the epiphysis? Composed of hyaline cartilage. |
Articular cartilage |
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A tough vascular covering of fibrous tissue, encloses bone and helps form and repair bone |
Periosteum |
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Hollow chamber in diaphysis of long bones |
Medullary cavity |
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A thin membrane containing bone forming cells. Lines the medullary cavity |
Endosteum |
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Fills the medullary cavity Red and yellow |
Bone marrow |
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Foramen |
Hole |
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Out cropping of bone |
Process |
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Tunnel |
Meatus |
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Bump |
Condyle |