Skeletal System 1 Flashcards
What’s are some important cartilages
Articular Costal Laryngeal Tracheal and bronchial Nasal Intervertebral discs
What is its function? marrow?
Support, storage of minerals . blood cell protection, leverage
Yellow marrow(lipids) and red marrow (blood cell production)
What is articular
It covers the ends of movable joints
What does Costal cartilage
Connects ribs to the sternum
What does Laryngeal do
Construct the larynx(voice box)
What is Tracheal and bronchial
Passageways of the respiratory system
What does Nasal do
Support external nose
What is intervertebral discs
It’s a cushion bones of spine (vertebrae)
How many bone shapes are there and what are they?give examples
There are 6
Long: humerus Short: carpal Flat: parietal Sesamoid: patella Sutural: Sutural bones or sutures Irregular: vertebra
What are compact bones?
Dense and hard
What are spongy bones
Cancellous or spongy
What are the two structures of bone?
Compact and spongy
What does typical long bones include?
Epiphyses Metaphysis Diaphysis Articular cartilage Marrow cavity
What are Epiphyses
Spongy bone
What is Metaphysis
Place where Diaphysis and Epiphysis meet