L.3 - bones Flashcards
What are the 5 functions of bone?
- Support
- Framework for attachment of soft tissue and organs. - Leverage
- Bones function as levers that can change the magnitude and direction of force is generated by skeletal muscles. - Protection of organs
- skull, ribs, spine. - Storage of minerals and lipids
- calcium (the parathyroid gland releases hormones which cause bones to release calcium) - Blood cell production
- red and white blood cells are produced in the red marrow
How many bones are there in the adult human Skelton?
- 206
In how many broad categories can the 206 bones of the body be categorized? State them.
- 6 categories
- Flat bones
- Long bones
- Short bones
- Irregular bones
- Sesamoid bones
- Sutural bones
Give examples of flat bones?
- scapula
- sternum
- cranium
Give examples of long bones?
- femur
- humerus
- tibia
Give examples of short bones?
- carpals
- tarsals
Give examples of irregular bones?
- vertebrae
- mandible
Give examples of sesamoid bones?
- patella
Give examples of structural bones?
- small, flat, and irregular bones of the skull
What are the 2 types of bones?
Compact or cortical bone - solid bone
• forms the sold outer shell and shaft (diaphysis) of long bones)
Trabecular, cancellous, or spongy bone - network of trabecular struts
• commonly found at the end (epiphyses) of long bones
What are the 2 phases of bone composition?
Organic phase and inorganic phase
What are in the organic and inorganic phases on bone composition?
Organic
• type 1 collagen - in bone. like rubber (very pliable - easily bent)
• collagen - 25% of weight of bone
Inorganic
• calcium hydroxyapatite- crystals that offer compressive strength to the bone
• bone mineral - 60% of weight of bone
Water & ground substance is also part of bone composition !!!!!!
What is a bone?
- a living tissue which has a blood supply and nerves
What cells are distributed throughout the bone(bone cells)?
- mechanosensing cells called osteocytes
What are osteocytes and what do the do?
- bone cells
- these cells detect changes in their physical and chemical surroundings and release chemicals in response causing bone to removed or formed
What will happen to materials when force is applied?
- deformation (change of shape)
What does deformation depend on?
- size of the force
- area over which the force is applied
Force per Unit area (N/m^2)
What is the equation of force/stress on a material?
sigma symbol = F/A
Sigma symbol = stress in a material
A= cross sectional area
F = force
What are the 3 common types of stress applied to the bones and tissues within the human body?
- compression
- tension (stretching)
- shear stress
What is a strain (reaction)?
- when a material of length (L) is subjected to compressional or tension so stress, a change of length (🔺L) occurs.
- the resulting strain (ع) is defined as the fractional change in length of the material (therefore ع has no units)