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Chapter 5 : Skeletal System Flashcards

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What are the two subdivision of the skeletal system?

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Axial Skeleton & Appendicular Skeleton

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What are the parts of the skeletal system?

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Bones, Joint, Ligaments and Cartilages

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What is the Axial Skeleton?

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Skull, Spine, Ribs

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What is the Appendicular Skeleton?

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Shoulders, Arms, Hips, Legs

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What are the Functions of bones?

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Protect, Support, Movement, Store, Blood
(P)lease
(S)end
(M)e
(S)ome
(B)oobs
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What are the two basic types of bone tissue

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Compact bone

Spongy bone

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What are the classifications of bones?

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Long bones
Short bones
Flat bones
Irregular bones

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What are long bones?

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Shaft w/ heads on the ends

Mostly compact bone

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What are examples of Long bones?

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Femur, Humerus

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What are short bones?

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Cube shaped

Mostly spongy bone

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What are examples of short bones?

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Carpals, Tarsals

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What are flat bones?

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Thin and curved
2 thin layers of compact
Inside layer of spongy

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What are examples of flat bones?

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Skull, ribs, sternum

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What are irregular bones?

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Irregular shaped

Don’t fit classification

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What are examples of irregular bones?

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Vertebrae, Hip

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What is the Diaphysis?

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Inside shaft

Composed of compact bone

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What is the epiphysis?

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Inside ends of bones

Composed of spongy bone

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What is the periosteum?

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Covers diaphysis

Fibrous connective tissue membrane

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What are the sharpey’s Fibers?

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Secure periosteum to underlying bone

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What are arteries?

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Supplies nutrients

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What is the articular cartilage?

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Covers surfaces of epiphyses
Hyaline cartilage
Decreases friction on joints

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What is the Epiphyseal Plate?

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Flat plate
Growing hyaline cartilage
(Children)

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What is the Epiphyseal line?

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Growing stopped

Adults

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What is the Medullary cavity?

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Shaft cavity
Yellow marrow ; fat (adults)
Red marrow;blood cell formation (infants)

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What are the surface feature of bones?

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Site of attachment for muscles, tendons and ligaments

Nerve and blood vessel passages

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What are the categories of bone markings?

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Projections or Processes - grow out of bone surface (point out)

Depressions or Cavities- Indentations(deep groove)

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What is the Osteon (Haversian system)?

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A unit of bone

Contains central canal & matrix rings

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What is the central (Haversian) canal?

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Opening in center of Osteon

Carries blood vessels and nerves

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