Skeletal Flashcards
Long Bones
Longer in width
Have shafts at both ends
Compact bone
Short Bones
Cube shaped
Spongy bone
Flat Bones
Thin and flat
Spongy bone surrounded by compact bone
What is the shaft, composed of compact bones?
Diaphysis
What is the end of a long bone, composed of spongy bones?
Epiphysis
What is the outer coverage of the diaphysis?
Periosteum
What is the membrane coverage of the internal bone?
Endosteum
What cartilage is the coverage of the Epiphysis?
Articular Cartilage
What happens to ‘new cartilage’ within the Epiphyseal Plates?
It is continuously formed
What happens to ‘old cartilage’ within the Epiphyseal Plates?
It becomes ossified
Bone salts are
Calcium phosphate
Organic Matrix is
Collagen
Immovable joint =
Fibrous
Slightly moveable joint =
Cartilaginous
Movable joint =
Synovial