Bone Flashcards
Five types of bone
Long short flat irregular sesamoid
Long bones
Longer than they are wide
fumur
function: to support the weight of the body and facilitate movement
Short bones
Carpal wrist
tarsal ankle
Provide stability and some movement
Flat bones
Flatten the frost parallel opposite edges
skull occipital
Protect internal organs
also provide large areas of attachments for muscles
irRegular bones
Vertebrae
protect spinal cord
sesamoid bones
Bones embedded in tendons
patella knee cap
function: protects tendons from stress and damage and repeated wear and tear
Two types of bone
Compact cortical bone= made of osteons
spongy cancellous bone= made of trabeculae
Two types of bone marrow
Red
yellow
Red bone marrow
full of developing blood cells
rich blood supply
only found in spongy bone
Function of red blood marrow
To replenish cells in the blood haemopoiesis
Yellow marrow
Full of adipocytes
poor blood supply
Yellow marrow function
Shock absorber an energy source can convert to red marrow
Spongy cancellous bone
Made of trabecular a consisting of osteo sites embedded in irregular lamella of bone
T cells need to be educated were
thymus
Throwing capillaries is controlled by
Pre-capillary sphincters