A & P 1 Flashcards
<p>Q8. Attchment of muscle to bone</p>
<p>Tendon </p>
<p>Q8. Describe tendon</p>
<p>Fibrous (dense regular) connective tissue ropes or bands attach skeletal muscle to bones</p>
<p>Q8. What type of connective tissue is a tendon</p>
<p>Dense regular connective tissue</p>
<p>Q8. Define periosTeum</p>
<p>Peri: around; osteo: bone; dense, white, fibrous membrane covers bone except at joint surfaces (or the articular cartilage) and its associated blood vessels. Periosteum is sleeve-like around the bone. the muscle tendon fibers interlace with the periosteal fibers and some penetrate into the bone itself (acting as an anchor).</p>
<p>Q8. Describe the continuous fibrous network of the muscles, tendons and bones.</p>
<p>The connective tissue components of muscle (epi-, peri-, endo-mysium) are continuous with similar wrappings around collagen ropes in the tendon. the extension of these wrapping and the ropes are continuous with the periosteum and the bone itself; theis makes bones part of the continuous FIBROUS network.</p>
<p>Q8. How do the bone-forming cells of the periosteum enable bone to grow; in thickness or in length?</p>
<p>In thickness.</p>
<p>Q8. Functions of the periosteum?</p>
<p>Bone growth in thickness; protects the bone; assists in fracture repair; helps nourish the bone tissue; and serves as an atachment poiint for ligaments and tendons.</p>
<p>Q8. Describe long bones.</p>
<p>Long hollow shafts with expanded articular ends. They are slightly curved for strength, and consist mostly of conpact bone tissue, whis is dense and has few spaces, but they also contain considerable amounts of spongy bone tissue, which has larger spaces.</p>
<p>Q8. Examples of long bones</p>
<p>Femur (thigh), tibia and fibula (leg), phalanges(toes), humerus (arm), ulna and radius (forearm), phalanges (fingers).</p>
<p>Q8. Describe short bones</p>
<p>Cube or box shaped; as broad as they are long. They consist ofspongy bone except at the surface, where there is a thin layer of compact bone.</p>
<p>Q8. Examples of short bones</p>
<p>Carpels, tarsals</p>
<p>Q8. Describe flat bones</p>
<p>Broad, thin with flattened edge. OFTEN CURVED AND CONTAINS RED BONE MARROW IN ADULTS. (Composed of two nearly parallel plates of compact bone enclosing a layer of spongy bone. flat bones afford considerable protection and provide extensive areas for muscle attachment.</p>
<p>Q8. Examples of flat bones</p>
<p>Sternum, ribs, scapula, cranial bones, pelvis, clavicle</p>
<p>Q8. Describe irregular bones</p>
<p>Various shapes and sizes, and cannot be grouped in flat, short or long. They also vary in the amount of spongy and compact bone present.</p>
<p>Q8. Examples of irregular bones</p>
<p>Vertebrae, certain facial bones, calcaneus (heel bone).</p>
<p>Q8. Describe sesamoid bones</p>
<p>Completely enveloped in a tendon. They are not always completely ossified and measure only a few millimeters in diameter except for the two patelae (kneecaps). Sesamoid bones vary in number from person to person except for the patellae. Sesmoid bones protect tendons from excessive wear and tear.</p>
<p>Q8. Examples of sesamoid bones</p>
<p>Patella (the largest), pisiform, and some others that are not present in everyone.</p>
<p>Q8. What is the axial skeleton?</p>
<p>Includes the skull, auditory ossicles, hyoid, spinal column, and ribs</p>
<p>Q8. How many bones are in the axial skeleton</p>
<p>80 bones</p>
<p>Q8. What is the appendicular skeleton?</p>
<p>Bones of the limbs and girdles (pectoral and pelvic).</p>
<p>Q8. How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?</p>
<p>126 bones</p>
<p>Q8. How many bones are the human skeleton total</p>
<p>206 bones</p>
<p>Q8. How many ribs are there?</p>
<p>24 ribs; 12 pair</p>
<p>Q8. Define pronation</p>
<p>Turning the forearm and hand down or away</p>
Q8. Define supination
Turning forearm and hand up or forward.
Q8. How is skeletal muscle attached to bone?
Via tendons
Q8. What is the relationship between the periosteum and the muscle connective tissue coverings?
The connective tissue components of muscle (epi-, peri-, endo- mysium) are continuous with similar wrappings around collagen ropes in the tendon. The extension of these wrappings and the ropes themselfves are continuous with the periosteum and the bone iteself; this makes bones pare of the contiuous FIBROUS network.
Q8. What are the various types of bones?
Long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid.
Q8. Name the 3 regions of the long bone
Diaphysis, epiphysis, and metaphysis.
Q8. What is the diaphysis?
The shaft or body of the bone.
Q8. What is epiphysis?
The ends of long bones.
Q8. What is metaphysis?
The space in between the diaphysis and epiphysis where growth takes place before puberty.
Q8. What are the 2 coverings of the long bone?
Periosteum and articular cartilage
Q8. What is the Periosteum on a long bone?
Sleeve-like membrane around diaphysis.
Q8. What is the hyaline covering over joint surfaces of epiphysis?
Articular cartilage
Q8. What are the two cavity terms of the long bone?
Medullary cavity and endosteum.
Q8. Describe the medullary cavity of the long bone.
Tube-like hollow space inside diaphysis, also called the marrow cavity.
Q8. What is the medullary cavity filled with in adults?
Yellow bone marrow, filled with fat.
Q8. What is the medullary cavity filled with in children?
Red bone marrow, filled with blood cells.
Q8. Describe endosteum.
(Within) A thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity. This layer contains a single layer of bone-forming cells and a small amount of connective tissue.
Q8. What are the two types of bone marrow?
Red and yellow
Q8. Which type of bone marrow produces ALL blood cells?
Red
Q8. Describe yellow bone marrow.
Mainly adipose cells, stores triglycerides (a potential energy reserve. )
Q8. What type of tissue is bone tissue?
Hard connective tissue
Q8. What type of cells are in bone tissue?
4 type of cells; osteogenic, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, osteocytes
Q8. What is an osteogenic cell?
(Stem cell) bone creating cells. Found in the endosteum and lining Haversian canals. Undergoes cell division to form osteoblasts.
Q8. What is an osteoblast?
Bone-building. Daughter cells of osteogenic cells. Builds (creates) bone matrix, secrete collagen fibers.
Q8. What is osteoclast?
(Bone breakdown) bone erosion to release minerals. (Opposite of osteoblasts. )
Q8. Describe osteocytes.
(Mature bone cells) semi-retired osteoblasts. Maintain bone tissue (daily metabolism).
Q9. Compact bone lies over what type of bone?
spongy bone
Q9. Most of the bone tissue of the diaphysis (the shaft of the long bone) is composed of what type of bone?
compact bone
Q9. What is the function of compact bone?
to support, to protect, and to resist stress.
Q9. What is another name for Haversian systems?
an osteon
Q9. What is an osteon?
cylindrical shaped structural units with little space between them; these units or osteons, are literally cemented together to create the structural framework of compact bone.
Q9. What purpose does the unique structure of the osteon serve?
permits delivery of nutrients and removal of waste products from metabolically active but imprisoned bone cells?
Q9. Are bone cells alive?
yes
Q9. how is an osteon formed?
osteoblasts (the "bone-building" bone cell) secrete collagen and minerals in a ring surrounding the cell.
Q9. What are other names for the central canal of the osteon?
also called the Haversian canal OR the osteonic canal.
Q9. What is the central canal of the osteon?
the hollow, longitudinal running canal that houses the blood vessels, lymphs, and nerves for bone.
Q9. Define concentric lamellae.
rings (like rings in a tree trunk) of hard calcified matrix
Q9. what is the hard calcified matrix of bone tissue made of?
crystallized mineral salts (50%), collagen fibers (25%), and water (25%)
Q9. What does lacunae mean?
little lakes
Q9. define lacunae in bone?
spaces in between the rings of concentric lamellae, that contain fluid and osteocytes
Q9. What does canaliculi mean?
little streams
Q9. What are canaliculi in bone?
they connect lacunae and contain offshoots of osteocytes (which connect to the bloodstream to get nutrients.)
Q9. What is another name for bone tissue?
osseous tissue
Q9. Which bone cells initiate the process of calcification?
osteoblasts, the bone-building cells
Q9. When a cell name ends in "-cytes", what does that mean in regards to its function in the tissue? (in all types of tissue.)
it maintains the tissue
Q9. Overall, about ____% of the skeleton is compact bone and ____% is spongy bone.
80, 20
Q9. Each osteon is a tube-like cylinder that consists of a central canal with its concentrically arranged __________, __________, ____________, and __________.
lamellae, lacunae, osteocytes and canaliculi
Q9. Osteons in compact bone tissue are aligned in the same direction along _______ of _________.
lines of stress
Q9. Does spongy bone tissue (cancellous tissue) contain osteons?
no
Q9. Spongy bone is also called what?
Cancellous bone
Q9. What does spongy bone consist of?
lamellae arranged in an irregular lattice of thin columns called trabeculae.
Q9. What does trabeculae mean?
little beam
Q9. Describe trabeculae.
needle-like bony spicules, lattice work, that forms spongy bone.
Q9. Where is spongy bone tissue found?
most of short, flat, irregular bones, the epiphysis of long bones, and is deep to the compact bone of the diaphysis (near the medullary cavity).
Q9. What is the function of spongy bone tissue?
stores RED bone marrow and provides support
Q9. How is spongy bone different from compact bone?
spongy bone is light and compact bone is heavier, spongy bone has NO osteons, its lacunae and canaliculi are irregular, the rings of the matrix are oval shaped instead of round,and the osteocytes are located on the superficial surfaces of the trabeculae instead of deep within the osteons. (??)
Q9. Spongy bone (cancellous bone) lies between two layers of compact bone. T or F
True, much like sandwich filling
Q9. Both _____________ of spongy bone tissue and ____________ of compact bone tissue are arranged along lines of stress, and their orientation differs between individual bones according to the nature and magnitude of the applied load (force). (i.e. dancer vs. couch potato.)
trabeculae, osteons
Q9. Define fracture.
any break in the continuity of a bone.
Q9. Fractures are named according to what?
their severity, the shape or position of the fracture line, or even the physician who first described them. Some fractures are described by combining several terms.
Q9. What happens during a fracture?
break in the continuity of the bone. Tear and destroys blood vessels that carry nutrients to the osteocytes. vascular damage initiates the repair sequence.
Q9. What happens to dead bone tissue?
its either removed by osteoclastic resorption or it serves as scaffolding for specialized repair tissues called CALLUS.
Q9. What are the main types of fractures we should know?
open (compound), closed (simple), comminuted, greenstick, impacted, pott's fracture, colles' fracture, (and stress fracture)
Q9. What is an open (compound) fracture?
the broken ends of the bone protrude through the skin.
Q9. What is a closed (simple) fracture?
does not break the skin.
Q9. What is a comminuted fracture?
the bone splinters at the site of impact, and smaller bone fragments lie between the two main fragments. shattered. most difficult fracture to treat.
Q9. What is a greenstick fracture?
partial fracture where one side is broken and the other side bends. occurs only in children. like a green stick of a plant.
Q9. What is an impacted fracture?
one end of the fractured bone is forcefully driven into the interior of the other
Q9. What is Pott's fracture?
a fracture of the distal end of the lateral leg bone (fibula), with serious injury of the distal tibial articulation.
Q9. What is Colles' fracture?
a fracture of the distal end of the lateral forearm bone (radius) in which the distal fragment is displaced posteriorly.
Q9. What is a stress fracture?
fracture, without visibly breaking; a series of microscopic fissure in bone that forms without any evidence of injury to other tissues
Q9. What causes stress fractures?
in healthy adults, repeated, strenuous activites such as running, jumping or aerobic dancing. also in bones with disease processes that disrupt normal bone calcification, such as osteoporosis.
Q9. What is lordosis?
sway back; exaggerated lumbar curve (such as with pregnancy.
Q9. What is Kyphosis?
hunchback; abnormal thoracic curve (dowagers' hump)
Q9. What is scoliosis?
abnormal side to side curvature ("S" or "C"), can be structural or functional
Q9. the repair of bone fracture involves what 4 steps?
1. formation of fracture hematoma 2. fibrocartilaginous callus formation 3. bony callus formation 4. bone remodeling
Q9. describe "formation of fracture hematoma"
blood vessels crossing the fracture are broken... as blood leaks from the torn ends of the vessels, it forms a clot around the site of the fracture. this clot is called fracture hemotoma.... usually forms 6 to 8 hours after injury. osteoclasts begin to remove the dead or damaged tissue in and around the fracture hemotoma, which may last up to several weeks.
Q9. describe "fibrocartilaginous callus formation"
fibroblasts from the periosteum invade the fracture site and produce collagen fibers. also, cells from the periosteum develop into chondroblasts and begin to produce fibrocartilage in this region. these events lead to the development of the fibrocartilaginous callus. this takes about 3 weeks.
Q9. Define fibrocartilaginous callus.
a mass of repair tissue consisting of collagen fibers and cartilage that bridges the broken ends of the bone.
Q9. describe "bony callus formation"
in areas closer to well-vascularized healthy bone tissue, osteogenic cells develop into osteoblasts, which begin to produce spongy bone trabeculae. the trabeculae join living and dead portions of the original bone fragments. in time, the fibrocartilage is converted to spongy bone, and the callus ihs then referred to as a callus. this lasts about 3 to 4 months.
Q9. Describe "bone remodeling"
the final phase of fracture repair. dead portions of the original fragments of broken bone are gradually reabsorbed by osteoclasts. compact bone replaces spongy bone around the periphery of the fracture.
Q9. What type of tissue is bone tissue?
connective tissue
Q9. What is the matrix of bone tissue?
25% water, 25% collagen fibers, and 50% crystallizated mineral salts
Q9. What is an example of a suture joint?
cranial bones
Q9. What structural classification are sutures?
fibrous
Q9. What is teh functional class. of sutures?
synarthroses
Q9. What is the movement of sutures?
its very subtle (none, according to the text)
Q9. What is an example of a gomphoses joint?
teeth
Q9. What is teh structural class. of the gomphoses?
fibrous
Q9. What is the functional class. of gomphoses?
synarthroses
Q9. What is synarthroses?
(together, joint); IMMOVABLE
Q9. Which classification of joint is immovable?
synarthrosis (syn = together, arth = joint)
Q9. Which classification of joint is slightly movable?
amphiarthroses
Q9. Which classification of joint is freely moveable?
diarthroses
Q9. All synovial joints are ____________?
diarthroses
Q9. What mneumonic is used to remember the classification of joints?
S. A. D. (synarthroses, amphiarthroses, diarthroses)
Q9 What is the movement of gomphoses?
none
Q9. What is an example of synchondroses?
1st sternocostal joint; epiphyseal plate
Q9. What type of cartilaginous joint is the synchondroses joint?
hyaline cartilage
Q9. What is the structural and functional classifications and movement of synchondroses?
cartilaginous, synthroses, none
Q9. What is an example of a syndesmoses joint?
interoseous membrane and some ligament structures
Q9. What is the interoseous membrane?
the ligament that connects the ulna and radius OR the tibia and fibula. this is considered a JOINT because it connects the two bones.
Q9. What are the structural and functional classifications and the movement of syndesmoses?
fibrous, amphiarthroses, limited
Q9. What is an example of a symphyses joint?
symphysis pubis and intervertebral discs
Q9. What type of cartilaginous joint is the symphyses joint?
fibrocartilage
Q9. Where do all symphyses joint occur?
in the midline of the body
Q9. What are the structural and functional classifications and the movement of the symphyses joint?
cartilaginous, amphiarthroses, and limited
Q9. The knee, elbow, shoulder, hip, etc are what type of joint?
freely movable (diarthroses)
Q9. The freely movable joint is described by what 3 types of axis?
uniaxial, biaxial, multiaxial
Q9. What are the structural and functional classification and movement of the freely movable joint?
synovial, diarthroses, freely movable
Q9. What is a suture joint?
between cranial bones of the skull; interlocking bones held together by a thin fibrous layer of connective tissue
Q9. The tooth and socket joint is a ___________ joint?
gomphosis
Q9. What are the 3 classifications of fibrous joints?
syndesmoses, suture, gomphoses
Q9. The structural classification, fibrous joint, has what type of movement?
very limited or fixed
Q9. Name the joints that are structural classification fibrous?
suture, gomphoses, syndesmoses
Q9. What are the 3 structural classifications of joints?
fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
Q9.What are the 2 types of cartilaginous joints?
synchondroses, symphyses
Q9. The synovial joint contains a _____________ joint capsule
fluid-fiilled
Q9. Hyaline cartilage is only found in long bones until _____________.
puberty
Q9. What are the 4 types of tissues
epithilial, connective, muscle, nervous
Q9. What are the 3 types of connective tissue?
fibrous, fluid and skeletal
Q9. What type of connective tissue contains fibroblasts (fiber-producing cells)?
dense fibrous connective tissue
Q9. What does the dense fibrous connective tissue contain?
fibroblasts, mostly collagen, some elastin and a few reticular fibers
Q9. Fiber producing cells are called what?
fibroblasts
Q9. Describe and give an example of dense fibrous connective tissue.
collagen fibers are arranged regularly in parallel bundles, such as tendons and ligaments
Q9. Describe and give an example of dense irregular connective tissue.
random and intertwined, collagen fibers are packed closely together, irregular arranged, such as in the dermis, periosteum and scar tissue.
Q9. Name 3 types of cartilage
hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic
Q9. What type of cell does cartilage contain?
just one type; chondrocyte
Q9. Describe chondrocyte.
mature cartilage maintaining cells.
Q9. Is cartilage avascular or vasular?
avascular, no blood supply
Q9. Describe the matrix of cartilage
chondroitin sulfate, a rubbery base.
Q9. What type of connective tissue is cartilage?
skeletal connective tissue
Q9. The strength of cartilage is due to its _______ fibers, and its resilience (ability to assume its original shape after deformation) is due to the ___________ ____________.
collagen, chondroitin sulfate
Q9. Describe hyaline cartilage.
"glassy" (low collagen) shiny; most prevelant type of cartilage found in the body,
Q9. Where is hyaline cartilage found?
support rings of respiratory tubes, and ENDS OF LONG BONES (ARTICULATING SURFACES); within the joint cavity
Q9. Describe fibrocartilage.
stongest, most durable; rigid
Q9. Where is fibrocartilage found?
shock absorbers found between vertebrae at disk, in knee joint, pubic symphysis
Q9. Describe elastic cartilage.
contains a large number of very fine elastic fibers, therefore a HIGH DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY, maintains shape and gives support
Q9. Where is elastic cartilage found?
in the external ear, larynx (voice box), epiglottis.
Q9. How are joints classified?
structure ("what is it", holding it together, what type of connective tissue) and function (the degree of movement permitted)
Q9. What does a tendon connect?
muscle to bone
Q9. What does a ligament connect?
bone to bone
Q9. Define articulation.
a joint; a point of contact between bones
Q9. Synovial joints are all of our bigger or smaller joints?
bigger; but synovial joints also include smaller joints such as the knuckle joints
Q9. Distinguish the 3 structural classification and 3 functional classifications of joints
structural: fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial; functional: synarthroses, amphiarthroses, diarthroses
Q9. Describe the subtypes of fibrous joints.
SYNDESMOSES: includes interosseus membrane (ligament) tibia/fibula, radius/ulna; SUTURE: between cranial bones of the skull, interlocking bones held together by a thin fibrous layer of connective tissue; GOMPHOSIS: tooth and socket joint
Q9. Can you distinguish the two types of cartilaginous joints, based on type of cartilage and location in body?
SYNCHONDROSES: cartilage joint found between sternum and 1st rib, and the epiphyseal plate (hyaline cartilaged); SYMPHYSES: padded fibrocartilage which permits slight movement, found only in the midline of the body (fibrocartilage)
Q9. Can you identify cellular and extracellular components of cartilage?
CELLULAR: chondrocytes (mature cartilage maintaining cells); EXTRACELLULAR: the matrix - chondroitin sulfate (a rubbery base) and collagen fibers within
Q9. Distinguish the three different types of cartilage based on differences in their matrix and in their locations in the body.
HYALINE CARTILAGE: shiny, ground substance with fine collagen fibers and many chondrocytes; located at the ends of bones, anterior ends of ribs, nose, parts of larynx, etc. FIBROCARTILAGE: chondrocytes scattered among bundles of collagen fibers within the matrix; located mainly in the midline of the body, pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs. ELASTIC CARTILAGE: chondrocytes located in a threadlike network of elastic fibers within the matrix; located in the external ear, larynx, epiglottis.
Q9. What is blood cell production?
hematopoiesis
Q9. What is the primary hormone involved in regulating blood calcium levels, causing increase in blood calcium levels?
PTH
Q9. What is the disorder characterized by decreased bone mass and susceptibility to fracture?
osteoporosis
Q9. What is another term for osteogenisis, or the formation of bone?
ossification
Q9. Name the area of the bone where blood cell formation takes place.
red marrow
Q9. __________ is the mature bone cell that maintains bone tissue.
osteocyte
Q9. What is the diaphysis?
the shaft of the long bone
Q9. What type of bone tissue contains few space and forms units called osteons?
compact bone
Q9. Another name for osteon is __________.
Haversian system
Q9. Identify the parts of a long bone.
BONE REGIONS: diaphysis (shaft/body); epiphysis (ends); and metaphysis (in between the epiphysis and diaphysis); COVERINGS: periosteum (membrane around diaphysis); articular cartilage (hyaline covering over joint surfaces of epiphysis; CAVITY: medullary cavity (inside diaphysis); endosteum (membrane lining medullary cavity)
Q9. What is endochondrial ossification?
bone formation spreads from the center to the ends. bone increases lengthwise from the diaphysis to epiphysis.
Q9. What is intramembranous ossification?
formation and growth of flat bones
Q9. What are the different types of bone cells?
osteogenic, osteoblast, osteocyte, and osteoclast
Q9. What is red bone marrow? Function?
connective tissue, produces ALL blood cells
Q9. What is yellow bone marrow? Function?
consists mainly of adipose cells, which stores triglycerides, a potential chemical energy reserve.
Q9. What are the 6 functions of bones?
support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis, blood cell production, triglyceride storage
Q9. Distinguish between the structure of spongy and compact bone regarding osteons and their contents.
SPONGY: no osteons, instead trabeculae (irregular lattice of thin columns), which contain lacunae that contain osteocytes and canaliculi. COMPACT: osteons (structure of compact bone, tubelike cylinder), which contains lacaunae that contain osteocytes and canaliculi AND a centralc canal and is concentrically arranged lamellae.
Q9. Distinguish between the structure of spongy and compact bone regarding concentric lamellae.
SPONGY: no concentric lamellae. COMPACT: rings of hard calcified matrix (mineral salts and collagen fibers)