Gross Anatomy 6/7 - [Skeletal System] Flashcards
What’s one of the most important functions of the skeletal system
Hematopoiesis - form blood cells
What’re the major type of bones
Long - humerus
Short - carpals
Flat - Frontal (skull)
Irregular - vertebrae
*sesamoid - patella
Name the missing structures of a long bone that
How else is spongy bone called
Diploe
Cancellous
What’s the difference between red and yellow bone marrow
Red - spongy
Yellow - hard
Where can you can red bone marrow
Epiphyses long bones —> trabeculae
What can you find inside the central canal of Osteon (Haversian system)
Blood vessels
Name the missing structures of the following long bone
Name the missing structures of the following long bone
Is the cartilage vascular or avascular
Avascular
What’s the cell type found in the cartilage and where is it located
Chondrocytes
Located in Lacunae
What’re the bone forming and resorting cells called
Forming - osteoblasts
Resorbing- osteoclasts
What’re the processes of bone formation and growth
Endochrondral ossification
Intramembranous
Most bones are developed from a process called…
Endochrondral ossification
Which process is use to form flat bones? I.e skull
Intramembranous ossification
Bumps
Grooves
What’re the bones of the axial skeleton
Skull - cranial, facial, ossicles
Hyoid
Vertebral column
Thoracic cage
How many bones does the cranium and face are composed of
Cranium - 8
facial - 14
How many ossicles bones do we have
6
Bones of the skull