Chapter 6 - Skeletal System Flashcards
Function of Skeletal System & components
function: framework for the body
components: bones, cartilages, joints
Cartilage Tissue
- no blood vessels - only type of CT w/no blood vessels
- no nerves
- components - ground substance, cells, fibers
- surrounded by perichondrium
Cartilage Tissue - highest water content of all CT
H2O–most abundant molecule in cartilage; designed to be flexible & comprehensible (bear weight)–high water content allows this
Ground substance (component of cartilage)
80% water, adhesion proteins, proteoglycans (holds water)
Cells (component of cartilage)
chondroblasts, chondrocytes
Fibers (component of cartilage)
mostly collagen
Perichondrium
dense CT covering the cartilage
Functions of Perichondrium
- protects
- Appositional growth
- has some blood vessels (source of O2 & nutrients that cartilage relies on)
Chondroblasts
scattered cells in perichondrium; make cartilage thicker
Chondrocyte
inside “wells” that are inside mature cartilage; no longer productive but maintain tissue
Lacunae
“wells”
Cartilage Growth
- Appositional growth
2. Interstitial growth
Appositional growth (Cartilage Growth)
chondroblasts w/in perichondrium produce tissue; THICKENS cartllage; occurs throughout LIFETIME
Interstitial Growth (Cartilage Growth)
“inside tissue”; chondroblasts inside cartilage produce tissue; way cartilage LENGTHENS; chondroblasts inside tissue as well & able to make cartilage inside; occurs in YOUNGER YEARS
3 Types of Cartilage
- Hyaline cartilage - most flexible; thin collagen fibers
- Elastic cartilage - stretchy; collagen & elastic fibers
- Fibrocartilage - denser; compressible; thick collagen fibers; strongest cartilage
Hyaline Cartilage Locations
costal cartilage, articular cartilage, tip of nose, trachea, parts of larynx, epiphyseal plate
Elastic Cartilage Locations
outer ear, epiglottis (top of larynx; prevents food/drink from getting into respiratory system)
Fibrocartilage Locations
intervertebral discs (between vertebraes so we can move our spine), pubic symphysis (between coxal bones)
Functions of Bones
- Support
- Protection - vital organs
- Assist in movement
- Mineral storage - calcium (over 99% stored in bones)
- Homopoiesis - blood cell formation - RBC, WBC, platelets
- Nutruient storage - yellow bone marrow (stores nutrients)
Each bone is an organ
206 bones; 2 or more tissue types & very specific functions in body
Bone qualifies as an organ bc it contains 2 or more tissues types
Bone tissue - CT
Cartilage tissue - CT
Nervous tissue
Blood vessels - epithelial tissue & muscle tissue
Bones are classified by shape
- Long bones
- Short bones
- Flat bones
- Irregular bones
- Sesamoid bones
Long bones (description & examples)
DES: rectangular shaped; middle part like a tube (cannot be flat); one side longer than other side
EX: humerus, femur, phalanges
Short bones (description & examples)
DES: one dimension is about same as other dimension; square shaped
EX: most carpals (wrists) & tarsals (ankles)
Flat bones (description & examples)
DES: very thin (does not have to be flat)
EX: sternum, most of skull bones; scapula, ribs (not cylinder shaped), clavicles
Irregular bones (description & examples)
DES: unusual shaped
EX: vertebrae, coxal bones
Sesamoid bones (description & examples)
DES: bones inside a tendon
EX: patella –only bones in body that are classified as such
206 bones
80 axial bones - head, neck, trunk
126 appendicular bones - arms, shoulders, legs, hips