Chapter 2: Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
Endoskeleton
Internal support structure of animal
Humans have endoskeleton made up of two tissues: bone and cartilage
Supports protects and serves as an attachment site for muscle and a mechanism for transmitting muscular force
Exoskeleton
External skeleton that supports and protects an animals body
Bone aka Osseous tissue
Hard Vascular Connective tissue consisting of cells embedded in a mineralized matrix whose collagen fibres are impregnated with calcium phosphate
Osteoblast
Bone forming cell
Yonge cell that produces matrix (osteoid)
Matures to osteocytes
Osteoclast
A phagocyte.Removes osseous tissue to remodel bones and release calcium needed by the nervous system and muscle
Phagocyte
Any cell that ingests foreign particles, bacteria, or cell debris
Compact bone
Dense bone that forms the external layer of all bone
Provides protection and support
Spongy bone
Bone in which trabeculae form a three dimensional latticework with spaces filled with bone marrow
Articulation
A joint is an area where two bones come together
Femur
Acetabulum
Thigh bone
Hip bone’s cup shaped socket
Viscosity
Property of a fluid that resists the force tending to cause the liquid to flow
Effective in reducing friction
Articular cartilage
The cartilage covering the surfaces of the bones forming a synovial joint
Synovial joint
A joint in which synovial fluid is produced
Synovial fluid
A viscous fluid that lubrictates the articular surfaces of a joint
Bursitis
Inflammation of a bursa
Itis= inflammation
Found in areas of friction (over an exposed bony part where a tendon passes over bone)
Tendon
Connective tissue
Connects muscle to bone
Supra
Means above
Patella
Kneecap
Osteoarthritis
Aka wear and tear arthritis
Arth = joint Itis = inflammation
Erosion of articulate cartilage, either primary or secondary to trauma or other conditions
Cartilage become soft, frayed and thin
Pain and loss of function
Mainly affects weight baring joints, common in older persons
Cartilage is nourished by movement
Osteoporosis
First sign is getting shorter as you age
Bones become increasingly porous, brittle and suspect to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components (spongy bone)
Only 1/3 of spinal column fractures produce painful symptoms therefore early diagnosis is hard
Trabeculae
Provides strength of the spongy bone.
Responds to stress
3D network of bone tissue
Filled with red blood marrow (where are the blood cells are made
At the end of long bones
Vertebrae (vertebra - singular)
The bones that make up your spinal cord
Symptoms of compression fracture
Sudden, severed back pain
Worsening pain when standing or walking
Difficulty when bending or twisting
Loss of height
Rheumatoid arthritis
Chronic autoimmune disease
Inflammation and progressive deformity of joints
Pannus - an abnormal tissue erodes (dissolves) articulation cartilage allowing scar tissue to form and fuse the bone ends
Pannus
In rheumatoid arthritis an abnormal tissue erodes (dissolves) articulation cartilage allowing scar tissue to form and fuse the bone ends
Ankylosis
Stiffness of a joint due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of the joint. Rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular strucutres outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself
May be the result of injury or disease
Causes vertebrae to bend and fuse together
bent
Osis
Condition of
Muscle types
- Cardiac
- Smooth
- Skeletal
Cardiac Muscle
Myocardium
Gap junctions between heart cells allow electrical currents to pass form one cell to another so heart cells contract in unison
Myo
Muscle
Gap juntions
Specialized intercellular connection which allow various molecules, ions and electrical impulses to directly pass between cells
Fibrillation
Chaotic contractions across the heart
The heart quivers and no blood is pumped into the body or brain
Defibrillator
Device capable of sending a therapeutic dose of electric current through the heart that restores heart to normal
Smooth Muscle
Found in walls of viscera (hollow organs of the body except the heart)
Contraction reduces the size of structures
Not voluntary control
Bowels, uterus, regulates the flow of blood in the arteries
Viscera
Hollow organs of the body (not heart)