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13 Cards in this Set
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Functions of skeletal system
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Support body
Protect soft organs Movement Storage of minerals and fats Blood cell formation |
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What bones are typically longer than wide and have a shaft with heads at both end?
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Long bones eg femur
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Describe short bones
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Generally cube shaped, mostly spongy bone. Eg carpels
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Describe flat bones
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Thin and flattened, generally curved, usually thin layers of compact bone over spongy bone. E.g skull
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Name the large areas of a long bone
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Diaphysis- shaft of bone. Epiphysis- end of bone. Mostly spongy bone.
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What is the periosteum
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It is the fibrous covering of the diaphysis. The inner layer is composed of osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
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What is the articular cartilidge made of?
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Hyalin
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What contains yellow and red bone marrow?
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The medullary cavity
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What plates allow growth for children
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Epiphyseal plates/ New cartilage is constantly formed and old cartilage is broken down and made into bones
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What give bones their hardness?
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Calcium phosphate
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How would you define fibrous joints?
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Immovable
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What are the characteristics of synovial joints?
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Free moving. Surrounded by synovial fluid. Joint surfaces are enclosed by fibrous articular capsule.
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What are characteristics of cartilaginous joints?
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Slightly moveable. Lack a joint cavity. connected by cartilage.
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