Chapter 6 Flashcards
What are the physical functions of the skeletal system?
Support and protection
What are the metabolic function in the skeletal system?
Blood formation in marrow
acid base balance
detoxification
electrolyte balance
What do these metabolic functions do in the skeletal system Blood formation in marrow, acid base balance, detoxification, electrolyte balance?
- Blood formation in marrow (bones house bone marrow tissue which produces most of the blood cells)
- Acid-base balance (bone buffers the blood against excessive pH changes)
- Detoxification (bone absorbs heavy metals and other foreign elements from the blood
- Electrolyte balance (it stores calcium and phosphate and releases them in the body)
What is mineralization?
Process of hardening
What is calcification?
Deposition of calcium salts
What does the skeletal system consist of?
Bones
Ligaments
Cartilage
Protein fibers = ??
&
Ground substance = ??
Protein fibers = organic matter
&
Ground substance = inorganic matter
Where are long bones located?
Bones in the superior and inferior limbs
What bones are short bones located?
Metacarpal and metatarsal bones
What bones are flat bones?
Scapula, clavicle, cranial, and sternum, and ribs
What bones are irregular shaped bones?
Vertebrae and sacrum
Define epiphysis
End of a long bone
Define diaphysis
Body or shaft of a long bone
Define perforating fibers
Fibers that anchor periosteum to the bone
What is at the end of each bone?
hyaline cartilage
Define metaphysis
Is the part of the diaphysis that is part of the growing long bone
Define nutrient foramen
- The external opening of each nutrient canal
Define nutrient canal or perforating canal
Vascular channels that penetrate the compact bone tissue surrounding the medullary cavity