Chapter 6 Flashcards
Storage of minerals
Calcium homeostasis- keeps calcium regular (very important)
- Support
- Storage of minerals & lipids
- Blood cell production
- Protection
- Leverage
Skeletal system has 5 primary functions. What are they?
Blood cells production
Red marrow
Leverage
Force of motion
Storage of lipids
Yellow marrow
Sutural bones (description)
Small flat and oddly shaped bones
Sutural bones (examples)
Sutural bone and sutures
Irregular bones (description)
Complex shapes with short flat, notched or ridged surfaces
Irregular bones (examples)
Vertibrae and pelvis
Short bones (description)
Boxlike
Short bones (examples)
Carpal and tarsal
Flat bones (description)
Thin parallel surfaces
Flat bones (examples)
Skull, sternum, ribs and scapula
Long bones (description)
Long and slender
Long bones (examples)
Limb bones (humerus, phalanges, arm, palms, soles) etc
Sesamoid bones (description)
Small, round and flat
Sesamoid bones (examples)
Bones that develop inside tendon
Process and ramus
Part that sticks out
Process
Projection or bump
Ramus
Extension of bone that forms an angle with the rest of the structure
1- foremen 2- canal 3- fissure 4- meats 5- sinus
Openings
Forman
Rounded passageway for blood vessels and/or nerves
Canal
Duct or channel
Fissure
Deep furrow, cleft or split