Chapter 6 Flashcards
Which type of muscle tissue is multinucleated?
Skeletal muscle tissue
Voluntary or involuntary?
>Cardiac muscle tissue
>Skeletal muscle tissue
>Smooth muscle tissue
Cardiac - involuntary
Skeletal - voluntary
Smooth - involuntary
Which type of muscle tissue has elongated cells?
Skeletal muscle tissue
Which type of muscle tissue is nonstriated?
Smooth muscle tissue
Where are sutural bones found?
Between flat bones of skull
Where are short bones found?
In wrists and ankles
The spinal vertebrae is composed of which types of bones?
Irregular bones
Name the structure of a long bone from the middle, out.
Diaphysis, metaphysis, epiphysis
The epiphysis is mostly what type of bone?
Spongy bone
Explain the structure of flat bone.
2 layers cortex(compact bone) and 1 layer diploe (spongy bone) on the inside
What are bone cells called?
Osteocytes
The matrix of bones is dense due to deposits of __________.
Calcium salts
What covers the outer surfaces of bones?
Periosteum
What are the inorganic components of bone matrix?
Calcium phosphate and calcium hydroxide
What makes up 2/3 of bone weight
Calcium phosphate
What is the organic substance in bones?
Collagen fibers
This makes up 1/3 of bone weight
Collagen fibers in bones
Mature bone cells that make up most of the bone cell population are called ________.
Osteocytes
These cells produce new bone matrix in a process called ossification.
Osteoblasts
The mesenchymal cells in bones are called _________
Osteoprogenitor cells