Chapter 5 and 6 Flashcards
A low blood calcium level
Hypocalcemia
High blood calcium level
Hypercalcemia
Where is PTH released?
The parathyroid glands
Wolff’s law
Bone grows or remodels in response to forces or demands placed upon it
Appositional growth
cartilage growing outside of already existing cartilage
interstitial growth
a growth from within
hyaline cartilage
absorb pressure, provide support and flexibility
transparent
elastic cartilage
-bends back to its original shape
fibrocartilage
lots of collagen fibers
great tensile strength
absorb pressure like hyaline cartilage
Functions of bones
protections support levers storage blood cell formation fat
condyle
large rounded articular projection
facet
smooth, flat, articular surface
head
bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
ramus
arm-like bar
Crest
narrow, prominent ridge
epicondyle
raised area above a condyle
line
narrow ridge of bone
process
any bone prominence
spine
sharp, slender projection
fissure
narrow slit-like opening
foramen
round or oval opening through a bone
fossa
shallow bassin-like depression
meatus
canal-like passageway
sinus
cavity within a bone
membrane covering the outside of a bone
periosteum