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What are the four components of the skeletal system? |
1. Cartilage 2. Bones 3. Ligaments 4. Tendons |
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What kind of tissue is the skeletal system? |
connective |
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what are the functions of the skeletal system? |
1. support 2. protection 3. movement 4. storage 5. blood cell production |
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What are some disadvantages of having bones? |
- If broken, it can puncture organs - not flexible - disintegrate - no external protection |
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How do bones support the body? |
- bones provide framework - cartilage provides support with certain structures (nose, trachea, external ear) - ligaments |
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How do bones help protect? |
ie: skull, rib cage, vertebrae |
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How do bones help movement? |
- skeletal muscles are attached to bones by tendons - strong muscles make stronger bones - shape of cones at a joint determine the types of moments that can be made at the joint |
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Name a floating bone |
Patella, hyloid |
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How do bones help storage? |
stores minerals (calcium) and adipose tissue |
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Calcium storage |
Not supposed to use the calcium from bones |
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Blood cell production |
occurs within the red bone marrow cavities of certain bones |
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adult's rbc and wbc |
RBC and WBC produced in clavicle, spine, hips, GH joints, SI joint, trachea - Better at stuff we've seen before, not good with new stuff |
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children rbi and abc |
RBC and WBC produced everywhere - Better at new stuff and coming back from it, not good with old stuff |
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Cartilage |
- type of connective tissue (a cell type and extracellular matrix) - avascular |
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What are the types of cartilage? |
1. Hyaline 2. Fibrocartilage 3. Elastic |
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Where is hyaline cartilage located? |
ends of long bones, ribs, trachea, bronchi, nose and embryonic skeleton |
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what are the functions of the hyaline cartilage? |
provides smooth surfaces for joints, support |
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do adults have a lot of hyaline cartilage? |
mostly as a child |
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Where is fibrocartilage located? |
pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs, menisci |
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what is the function of the fibrocartilage |
support, they are strong for weight bearing |
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what are the characteristics of epithelial tissue? |
good nerve supply, closely packed cells, avascular |
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Where is elastic cartilage located? |
epiglottis, external ear, auditory tube |
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what are the functions of the elastic fibers |
support with flexibility |
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How are long bones classified? |
1. Shape- long, short, flat, irregular 2. Location- sutural, sesmoid |
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What are the four shapes bones are classified by? |
1. Long 2. Short 3. Flat 4. Irregular |
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Long bone |
- longer than wide (name reflects shape rather than size) ie. limbs |
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short bone |
- cube like bones ie. carpal and tarsal bones |
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flat bones |
sternum, ribs, certain bones of skull |
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irregular bones |
all other bones, vertebrae, hip bone, sphenoid |
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What are the two locations bones are classified by? |
Sutural and sesmoid |
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Sesamoid bones |
- shaped like a sesame seed - bone is surrounded by a tendon ie. patella, sesmoid bones |
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Sutural bones |
- located within sutures of skull --> not always present |
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Are sutural bones always present? |
No |
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What are the major structures of a long bone? |
1. Diaphysis 2. Epiphysis 3. Epiphyseal Lines 4. Periosteum 5. Endosteum |
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Diaphysis |
- shaft (long axis) of a long bone - contains the marrow cavity |
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What is diaphysis composed primarily of? |
Compact bone |
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What is another word for compact bone? |
Cortical bone |
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What do adults have in the marrow cavity? |
Yellow bone marrow |
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What do children have in the marrow cavity? |
Red bone marrow |
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Epiphysis |
- ends of long bone (joint surface) - covered with articular cartilage |
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Where does articular cartilage come from? |
Always been there! and it gets stronger |
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what is epiphysis composed of? |
Spongy bone |
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what kind of cartilage is on the epiphysis? |
hyaline articular cartilage, absorbs shock and reduces friction |
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Epiphyseal lines |
- located between the diaphysis and the epiphyses - once the plates turn into lines when finished growing |
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When are females finished growing |
15-18 years old |
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When are males finished growing |
18-22 years old |
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Endosteum |
connective tissue membrane which surrounds the internal surfaces of the bone |
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Periosteum
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connective tissue membrane which surrounds the external surface of the diaphysis - surgery= break through periosteum |
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Bone |
type of connective tissue |
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what is bone composed of |
cells and extracellular matrix (fibers and ground substance) |
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What are the 3 types of cells in bones |
Osteoblasts, osteoclasts, osteocytes |
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Osteoblasts |
-make bone - turn into osteocytes |
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what is the difference between an osteocyte and an osteoblast |
osteoblast is an immature stem cell while osteocyte is a mature cell |
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osteocyte |
- mature bone cells, maintain bone - cell bodies of osteocytes sit in spaces called lacunae ---> lives in pit - cell processes of osteocytes sit in spaces called cunaliculi |
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what are cunaliculi? |
its a tube where blood vessels, veins, arteries, lymphatics sit in there and run through, cell projections |
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osteoclasts W |
- breakdown bone - secrete hydrochloric acid - spongy and compact remodeling are - destruction of the bone matrix |
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What is the extracellular matrix of bone is primarily composed of |
osteoid and hydroxyl apatites |
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osteoid |
- secreted by osteoblasts - accounts for bones strength (collagen and mg and calcium) |
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what accounts for bone strength in osteoids |
mg and calcium |
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what accounts for rigidity in osteoids |
collagen |
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what accounts for hardness of bones |
hydroxy apatities |
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is osteoid organic or inorganic |
organic |
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what is another word for spongy bone |
trabecular= cancellous |
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hydroxyapatities account for what? |
bone hardness due to calcium salts |
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Which part of the bone is compact? |
The external layer |
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What is compact bone composed of? |
osteons |
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What is an osteon |
a tube of bone matrix formed by rings |
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what are the rings in the bone matrix called |
concentric lamellae |
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where are osteocytes located |
lacunae |
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what system is osteon a part of |
haversian system |
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what is in the central canal of an osteon |
blood vessels |
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what canals are perpendicular to the central canal |
perforating canals of volkmanns canals |
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how do osteocytes communicate |
by way of their cell processes located in the canaliculi |
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how are central canals connected to each other |
by perforating canals |
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why are their perforating canals |
so waste can leave and nutrients can come in |
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what does compact bone surround |
spongy/trabecular/calcellous bone |
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are osteons in spongy bone? |
no |
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what is spongy bone composed of |
plates of bone called trabeculae |
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what is trabeculae |
plates that make up spongy bone that align along lines of stress and are constantly remodeled |
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what does anatomy of bone reflect |
the stresses it encounters which keeps it strong |
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collagen is weak or strong |
strong |
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what is ossification |
process of forming the body skeleton |
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What are the two types of ossification |
1. intramembranous ossification 3. endochondral ossification |
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what is intramembranous ossification |
-bone originates from connective tissue membranes developed from mesenchyme |
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example of intramembranous ossification |
flat bones of skull and clavicles |
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endochondral ossification |
bone originates from hyaline cartilage -most of the bones in the skeleton |
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what type of ossification is used for fx healing |
endochondral (cartilage to bone) |
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appositional growth increases what? |
the thickness of the bone |
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interstitial growth increases what |
bone length |
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What is wolf's law of bone architecture |
bones will adapt to the stresses put on it, stress correlates to density -action of osteoblasts and class, assuming nutrients and chemicals are there |
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what controls bone growth |
- hormones: testosterone, estrogen, pth, calcium, insulin - mechanical forces |
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when does bone growth end |
15-18 girls, 18-21 guys |
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where does bone growth occur @? |
epiphyseal plates |
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opophasis |
growth at the achilles plate |
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what are the growth plates composted of |
hyaline cartilage left over from endochondral ossification |
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osteoclasts |
breakdown old bone |
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osteoblasts |
secrete osteoids and make new bone |
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what are the main two hormones that are a part of bone remodeling |
parathyroid and calcitonin |
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Where is pth produced? |
in the parathyroid glands |
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when is pth released |
when Ca level in blood is too low |
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what does pth do |
stimulates osteoclasts and inhibits osteoblasts, osteocytes remain unchanged |
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is pth always released into the blood when Ca level is at homeostasis |
Yes, but at a lower level |
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what does calcitonin do |
secretes hydroxiapitities and osteiods, stimulates osteoblasts |
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does calcitonin do much for humans |
no |