chapter 6 skeletal system Flashcards
Skeletal system components
bones, cartilage, ligaments, other CT that stabilize bones
Functions of skeletal system components
- support: framework and structure of body
- storage of minerals and lipids
Minerals: calcium and phosphate ( for osmotic regulation, enzyme function, nerve impulses) - blood cell production (all formed elements) red marrow: stem cells= hematopoiesis
- protection: surround soft tissues
- leverage for movement ( levers upon which skeletal muscles act)
Bone classification
206 major bones
1. Axial skeleton: protection and support skull, vertebrae, ribs
2. Appendicular skeleton: locomotion and manipulation, limbs and limb girdles
All bones can be classified by shape
- Long bones
- Short bones
- Flat bones
- Irregular bones
- Sesamoid bones
- Sutural bones
Long bones
longer than wide, consist of shaft and 2 ends e.g bones of appendages
Short bones
approximately equal in all dimensions e.g carpals, tarsals
Flat bones
thin, 2 parallel surfaces e.g skull, sternum, ribs, scapula
Irregular bones
complex shapes e.g vertebrae, os coxa
Sesamoid bones
seed shaped form in tendon, e.g patella, total number can vary
Sutural bones
extra bones in sutures of skull
Bones Structure
- a bone is an organ consisting of many tissue types: osseous, nervous, cartilage, fibrous CT, blood, etc
- bones are not flat have projections, depressions and holes for muscle attachment blood and nerve supply
All bones consist of 2 types of bone tissue
- Compact bone
- Spongy bone
compact bone
solid dense bone makes up surfaces and shafts
spongy bone
meshy makes up interior of bones, houses red marrow in spaces
Long bone structure
- diaphysis
- medullary
- epiphysis
- epiphyseal line
- periosteum
- endosteum
- articular cartilage
diaphysis
hollow shoft of compact bone
medullary cavity
center of diaphysis, contains yellow marrow (triglycerides for energy reserve)
epiphysis
expanded end of bone, surface
of compact bone, center filled with spongy bone with red marrow in spaces (produces
blood cells)
epiphyseal line
cartilage that marks
connection of diaphysis with
epiphysis line- adults, narrow,
a.k.a. metaphysis plate - thick, allows growth during childhood
periosteum
2 layer covering around
outside of bone: outer fibrous layer inner cellular layer