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Skeleton
Supports body
Protects internal organs
Provides for movement
stores mineral reserves
site for blood cell formation
# of Bones
206
Axial Skeleton
Skull, vertebral column, rib cage,
Appendicular
Arms, Legs, pelvis, shoulder bones
Compact Bone
Dense layer of tissue filled with haversian canals
Haversian Canal
Solid network of tubes in compact bone that contain blood vessels and nerves
Spongy Bone
Less dense, hart tissue on ends
Bone Marrow
within bone soft tissue
yellow marrow
made of fat cells
Red Marrow
produces red blood cells, white blood celss
Cartilage
scattered in a network of collagen and elastin protein fibers
Ossification
Process of cartilage being replaced by bone
Osteoblast cells
Create Bone
Osteocyte
maintain bone
Osteoclast
break down one
Long Bones
have growth plates at either end
Growth of Cartilage
causes bone to lengthen
Joints
place where one bone attaches to another is a joint
Immovable Joint
allow no movement bones are interlocked
Slightly moveable
permit small amounts of movement
Freely moveable joints
permit movement in one or more directions