Bone slide Q's Flashcards
What is the function of the skeletal system?
- Support
- Protecton
- Movement
- Mineral storage
- Blood cell production (RBC, leucocytes, platlets adn red bone marrow)
- Triglyceride storage (yellow bone marrow)
- Increase in stature and limb length
What is erythropoiesis?
The formation of RBC (erythrocytes) that bind and carry oxygen with in the blood to tissues.
What is the shape of a long bone?
- Longer > wide
- Shaft and 2 ends
- Elongated shape (not length)
- All limb bones
- Slightly curved for strength
What is the shape of a flat bone?
- Thin
- Flattened
- Slightly curved
What is the shape of a short bone?
Cube shape
Wrist and ankle bones
What is the shape of an irregular bone?
Complicated shapes
What is the shape and function of a sesamoid bone?
Shaped like a sesame seed
Protection
Improves tendon insertion angle
Features of epiphysis
Ends of long bone Cancellous (Spongy) bone
Articular surface lined with hyaline cartilage, 3-5mm thick
Features of metaphysis
Contains epiphyseal plate
Cancellous bone
Features of diaphysis
Shaft of bone
Compact bone
Cylindrical
Features of epiphyseal plate
Cartilage → bone Longitudinal growth
Features of periosteum
Fibrous, vascular cover of bone
Rich in nerves x-sectional growth (width)
Features of endosteum
Membrane within medullary cavity x-sectional growth
Features of medullary cavity
- Central cavity containing yellow bone marrow
- Red bone marrow found in sternum, ribs, hip bones, clavicles
Features of nutrient artery
Vascular supply to bone and marrow.
Does spongy bone contain osteons?
No
Spongy bone Consists of trabeculae surrounding many…
red marrow filled spaces
Spongy bone-What structure does it form most of?
flat, short, irregular bones and the epiphyses of long bones
What covers spongy bone on the inside?
Endosteum
where does bone marrow exist
between the trabeculae
What covers compact bone on the outside?
Plates of periosteum
What is the job of osteoblast cytes and clasts.
forms bone tissue maintains bone tissue resorption, destruction of the bone matrix
What do osteoblasts secrete?
Organic component of the bone matrix
What surface are osteoblasts found on?
All bone surfaces
When are osteoblast enlarged adn active?
At all sites of bone growth and repair
What do osteoblast eventually develop into?
Osteocytes
Where are osteocytes found?
In the bone matrix
What are the functions of osteocytes?
they maintain surrounding bone tissue
metabolic requirements
waste products
mineral homeostasis