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42 Cards in this Set
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Hyaline cartilage |
Most abundant cartilage Covers the ends of bones |
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Elastic cartilage |
Contains more elastic fibers and Highland cartilage "stretchy" Forms epiglottis and external ear |
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Fibrocartilage |
Consists of parallel rows of chondrocytes alternating with thick collagen fibers Intervertebral disks |
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Long bones |
Younger than wide consists of shaft and two ends |
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Short bones |
Cube shaped, bones of the wrist and ankles |
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Flat bone |
Thin, flat, slightly curved |
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Irregular bones |
Complex shape example hip bones |
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Compact bones |
Dense, outer layer of bones |
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Spongy bones |
Honeycomb network called the trabeculae |
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Diaphysis |
Shaft Forms long axis of bone |
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Epiphysis |
Ends of long bones |
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Epiphyseal plate |
Area (disc) of Hyaline cartilage located between the diaphysis |
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Membranes |
Pero te um covers bone except where there is articular cartilage |
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Endosteum |
Delicate connective tissue that covers the internal bone surface |
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Periosteum |
Covered compact bone Endosteum covered spongy bone |
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Lamellae |
In an osteon one lamellae Is placed outside the next. |
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Structural unit |
Osteon, weight bearing pillars, arranged parallel to the long axis of the bone |
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Circumferential lamellae |
Located deep to the periosteum, not part of an osteon |
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Interstitial lamellae |
Located between osteons, fill gaps, remnants of cut osteons |
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Haversion canal |
Located through the center of the osteon, contains small blood vessels and nerves |
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Volkmann's canals |
Connect the blood and nerve supply of the periosteum of those of the haversion canal |
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Tendons |
Connect muscle to bone |
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Ligaments |
Connect bone to bone |
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Extracellular matrix |
Consist of fibers and ground substance |
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Canaliculi |
Tiny canals that's connect the lacunae to each other |
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Calcitonin |
Released by the extrafollicular cells of the thyroid gland when bone calcium levels increase |
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Wolffs law |
A bone grows or remodels in response to the force of demands placed on it |
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Comminuted fracture |
3 or more breaks (usually due to brittle bones in the aged) |
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Compression fracture |
Crushed bones (seen in an injury from a fall) |
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Spiral fracture |
Ragged break due to twisting (sports injuries) |
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Epiphyseal fracture |
Speration of epiphysis from diaphysis |
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Depressed fracture |
Bone pushed inward |
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Greenstick fracture |
Incomplete break (one side breaks the other side bends) |
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Hematoma (blood clot) |
Bone cells lacking nutrients |
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Osteomalacia (soft bone) |
Bones weak because minerals are not deposited or not deposited correctly. |
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Rickets |
Children version of soft bone usually due to diet |
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Osteoporosis |
Bone resorption > bone deposition bone mass decrease |
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Pagets disease |
Excessive bone formation and breakdown |
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Osteoblast |
Makes new bones |
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Osteoclast |
Breakdown bone |
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Osteocites |
Maintain everything |
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Lipid storage |
Yellow marrow |