SKELETAL Flashcards
Skeletal system includes
Bones
Cartilages
Joints
Ligaments
Bones of baby
276
How may bones do baby have?
276
How many bones of human
206
A tough, rope-like protein
Collagen
Flexible and be able to bear weight
Bone
Good shock absorber
Cartilage
Contains collagen and materials
Bone
Contains large amounts of collagen
Tendon and ligaments
Large amounts of molecules containing polysaccharides
Proteoglycan
Calcium phosphate crystals is called
Hydroxyapatite
Proteins are also called or consists of
CHON
Provides flexible support within certain structures
Cartilage
Connective tissue that attach bones and hold together
Ligaments
Attach skeletal muscles to bone
Tendons
It is hard and protects the organs it surrounds
Bone
Bones on the upper and lower limbs; compact bones
Long bones
The bone of wrist and ankles
Short bone
Central shaft
Diaphysis
Ends of long bone
Epiphysis
Protects the diaphysis
Periosteum
Covers the epiphysis
Articular Cartilage
Growth plate; cartilage between epiphysis and diaphysis
Epiphyseal plate
Center of diaphysis; contains bone marrow
Medullary cavity
Lines of medullary cavity
Endosteum
Structural unit of compact bone that includes osteocytes etc
Osteon
Rings of bone matrix
Lamella
Spaces between lamellar
Lacunae
Tiny canal which transport nutrients and remove wasted
Canaliculus
Center of osteom
Central canal
Mostly contain solid materials and OSTEON
Compact bone
Consist of trabeculae with NO OSTEONS
Spongy bone
Cancellous bone
Spongy bone
Process of bone formation by osteoblast
Bone ossification
Deposition of new bone lamellae onto existing bone or other connective tissue
Bone growth
Removal of existing bone by osteoclast
Bone remodelling
