Anatomy - Osteology and Joints Flashcards
What are the 6 components of the skeletal system?
- Bones 2. Joints 3. Tendons 4. Ligaments 5. Cartilage 6. Teeth
Functions of the skeletal system?
- Provides shape and form for our bodies2. Protects vital organs3. Body movement by attachment to muscles 4. Produces blood cells (bone marrow)5. Mineral storage area
2 minerals stored in the bone?
Calcium and phosphate
How many bones in the adult human body?
206
More or less bones in children?
More
What are the 2 parts of the skeletal system? Describe each.
- Axial: bones that support and protect the organs of the head, neck, and trunk2. Appendicular: bones that anchor appendages to the axial skeleton
List the 4 parts of the axial skeleton.
- Skull2. Sternum3. Ribs4. Vertebral column
List the parts of the appendicular skeleton.
- Upper limbs2. Lower limbs3. Shoulder girdle4. Pelvic girdle
What are bones?
Organ-calcified, living, connective tissue
3 types of cells in bone? What does each do?
- Osteoblasts: form bone2. Osteoclasts: resorb or break down bone3. Osteocytes: mature bone cells
What are the 3 constituents of bone?
- Intercellular calcified matrix2. Collagen fibers3. Several cell types
What causes an osteoblast to mature into an osteocyte?
When it has formed all of the bone it could
How does the number of osteocytes in our bones change as we age?
Increases
How does the number of osteoblasts in our bones change as we age?
Decreases
What 2 hormones regulate the blood concentration of calcium? How do they work?
- Calcitonin: activate osteoblasts 2. Parathyroid: activate osteoclasts
What bone cell type does growth hormone affect?
Activates osteoblasts
What bone cell type does estrogen affect?
Inhibits osteoclasts
What bone issue does menopause cause?
Osteoporosis (loss of bone density) because osteoclasts are no longer inhibited by estrogen
Describe the outside vs inside of bones?
Outside: dense - little to no space between matrix and cellsInside: less dense
What 4 hormones affect bone cells?
- Calcitonin2. Parathyroid3. Growth hormone4. Estrogen
What are the 2 bone types?
- Compact2. Spongy
Describe compact bone.
Outer shell of all of the bones that is more dense
% weight of bone formed by compact bone?
80%
Function of compact bone?
Bone strength and rigidity
Describe spongy bone.
Less dense and consists of spicules of bone enclosing cavities containing blood-forming cells
What are bones classified by?
- Shape2. Compact/Spongy content
Do most bones contain both compact and spongy bone types?
YUP
2 functions of spongy bone?
- Lighter to allow for movement2. Space for bone marrow
Which skeleton has more compact bone?
Axial
Which skeleton has more spongy bone?
Appendicular
2 bones of the head?
- Cranium2. Mandible
3 bones of the upper limbs?
- Humerus2. Radius3. Ulna
3 bones of the hands?
- Carpals (wrists)2. Metacarpals (palm)3. Phalanges (fingers)
2 bones of shoulder girdle?
- Clavicle (collar bone)2. Scapula (shoulder blade)
2 bones of the trunk?
- Sternum2. Ribs
4 bones of the lower limbs?
- Femur2. Patella3. Tibia4. Fibula
In the leg which bone is more medial: tibia or fibula?
Tibia
3 bones of feet?
- Tarsals (ankle)2. Metatarsals (foot)3. Phalanges (toes)
3 bones of pelvis? Describe their location.
- Ilium: most superior bone2. Pubis: inferior and anterior3. Ischium: inferior and posterior
Are the 3 bones of the pelvis separate bones?
NOPE - they fuse in adults
What is the bone of the bottom segment of the vertebra?
Sacrum
What does the sacrum attach to?
Pelvic bones
What bone attaches inferior to the sacrum? 2 names
Tail bone = coccyx
Biggest and heaviest long bone of body?
Femur
Which bone attaches to humerus superiorly?
Scapula
At what part does the clavicle attach to the scapula?
Acromion
Which is the largest bone of the pelvis?
Ilium
Describe long bones.
- Longer than they are wide2. Long shaft with 2 bulky ends 3. Primarily compact bone and with some spongy in bulky ends
List 9 long bones.
- Clavicle2. Humerus3. Radius4. Ulna5. Femur6. Tibia7. Fibula8. Metacarpals9. Phalanges
Describe short bones.
- Cuboidal-vertical and horizontal dimensions are roughly equal2. Primarily spongy bone with a thin outer layer of compact bone
List 2 short bones.
- Carpals2. Tarsals