Chapter 7: Bones Flashcards
Epiphysis of a long bone closest to the body trunk:
Proximal epiphysis
Vertebral bones are ____ bones
Irregular
Statements that characterize central canals of osteons
1) Contain blood vessels
2) Contain nerves
3) Cylindrical channel
Trabeculae
Structure inside spongy bone
Periosteum
Outside double layer of connective tissue on outside of bone
Where ligaments and tendons attach to bone
Where bone grows in diameter
Perforating Canal
Goes through compact bone horizontally
How blood and nerve supplies get to central canal and medullary cavity
AKA Volkman’s
Central Canal
Goes through bone vertically
AKA Haversian canal
Blood vessels and nerve fibers travel through
Concentric lamellae
Rings of bone matrix (collagen fibers run in different directions
Around central canal
Form osteons
Prevents too much STRECH and TWIST of bone
Circumferential lamellae
Rings of matrix
Around WHOLE bone or around medullary cavity
_____ are large phagocytic cells found in bone.
Osteoclasts
Long bones include:
1) Palm
2) Fingers
3) Toes
4) Thigh
Flat bones have surfaces composed of ___ bone with internally placed ____ bone.
compact
spongy
The elongated cylindrical shaft of a long bone:
Diaphysis
Examples of short bones
1) some foot bones
2) wrist bones
A thin layer of hyaline cartilage covering an epiphysis of a long bone is called
Articular cartlage
Bones of the skeleton function as a system of ____ that are pulled when skeletal muscles contract.
levers
The cylindrical space within the diaphysis of of a long bone is called the _____.
Medullary cavity