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10 Cards in this Set
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Where are created the red blood cells and plaquetes?
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Marrow bon
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Bone serves as storage of?
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Calcium, phosphate and other
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Bone is composed principally of?
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Bone matrix and bone cells
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What are the principal substances of the bone matrix?
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Organic and inorganic substances
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What are the primary inorganic substances of the bone matrix?
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Calcium and phosphorous, which form hydroxyapatite, also presents noncrystalline calcium phosphate,bicarbonate citrate, magnesium, potassium, and sodium
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What are the primary organic substances of the bone matrix?
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type I collagen and amorphous ground substances(glycosaminoglycans and proteins)
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What are the three types of bone cells?
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Osteocytes, osteoblasts, osteoclasts.
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What is the function of these cells?
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Osteocytes maintains the bony matrix, osteoblast are bony builders, osteoclasts are the bony breakers.
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What are the two distinct morphologies of the bones?
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Compact bone(outer portion) and spongy bone(inner)
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What is difference between them?
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They have the same composition, but spongy bone has many small cavities which contain bone marrow
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