Module 2 pre-lab / lab Flashcards
List five main functions of bone.
Support, protection, assist in movement, storage, blood cell production.
List the main components (tissue types) of the skeletal system.
Bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage
List the names of the main cartilage types. Which of these forms of cartilage is most closely associated with bone.
Fibrocartilage, elastic cartilage, hyaline cartilage. Hyaline cartilage most closely associated with
bone.
Complete the table below in regards to bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis.
Calcitonin
- Thyroid gland
- Encourages osteoblasts to deposit calcium in bone (reduces blood calcium).
Parathyroid hormone
- Parathyroid glands
- Indirectly increases osteoclast activity (increases blood calcium).
Osteoblasts
Bone forming cells, lay down bone matrix
Osteocytes
Maintain bone matrix
Osteoclasts
Bone destroying cells, remodel bone matrix
A bone that has been decalcified is bendy. Which component of the bone matrix (organic or
inorganic) has been removed in the decalcification process?
Calcium – Inorganic (calcium is a mineral)
Name the crystals that make up this missing component.
Hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate)
Which component of the matrix (organic or inorganic) remains in the bone tissue after these
crystals are removed?
Organic components
If you burnt a bone, which matrix component would be destroyed and what properties would the bone then have?
Organic component burns (collagen, proteins, cells); inorganic left, very brittle
What is this functional unit of compacted bone called?
An Osteon (Haversion system)
Periosteum
Dense irregular CT sheath surrounding bone that supports blood and nerve supply. Found where ever there is no articular cartilage, protects bone and contains cells involved in the formation of bone
Central canal
Contains blood vessels, and nerves supplying bone tissue.
Found in centre of the osteon (Haversian system)
Osteon
(Haversian system) Functional unit of bone