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skeletal system 1 Flashcards

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The primary function for the skeletal system is what?

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For supporting the body and protecting vital organs

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How many bones are we born with? How much is left when we age?

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270

206 named bones

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What are bones made up of?

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Bones are made up of a complex arrangement of inorganic minerals and a variety of tissues including bone, bone marrow, nerves, blood vessels, endothelial, and cartilage

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What are the functions of bones?

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  1. Protection - of organs (skull protects the brain, ribs protects the heart, etc)
  2. Support and framework for the human body
  3. Movement - by providing attachment points for muscles
  4. pH balance - of the blood by absorbing or releasing bone minerals
  5. Hematopoiesis - (blood production) in blood marrow
  6. Fat storage - in yellow bone marrow
  7. Sound transduction - through small bones located in the ear canal
  8. Storage of growth factor in bone matrix
  9. Removal of heavy metals or foreign chemicals - to detoxify blood and release slowly for excretion
  10. Mineral storage - of calcium and phosphorous
  11. Production of hormones - such as ostocalcin
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What are bone minerals mostly made of?

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Calcium and phosphorous

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Bone mineral is created by what? And it allows what?

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Osteoblasts

Allows bones to withstand large amounts of compressional force

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What is the other major component of bone matrix?

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Organic collagen, which is a protein that gives bone the ability to withstand stretching forces

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What are the major cells that contribute to building and breaking down bone matrix and bone structure?

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Osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts

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Osteoblasts are responsible for what?

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Responsible for creating bone matrix, and therefore building bone

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When does osteoblasts become osteocytes?

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Once osteoblasts have become trapped in the bone matrix they have created, they become osteocytes

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What is the function of osteocytes?

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Maintain the bone matrix and calcium homeostasis
Osteocyte, a cell that lies within the substance of fully formed bone. It occupies a small chamber called a lacuna, which is contained in the calcified matrix of bone. Osteocytes derive from osteoblasts, or bone-forming cells, and are essentially osteoblasts surrounded by the products they secreted.

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Where are osteocytes located?

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Lacunae

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What are osteoclasts?

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Large cells that are capable of reabsorbing bone minerals, and therefore remodeling bone structure
They also remove minerals to the bloodstream for a variety of bodily functions, such as muscle contraction

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Bone matrix can be arranged into what classifications?

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  1. Compact bone

2. Trabecular bone

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Define compact bone

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Also known as dense or cortical bone, is extremely hard and compact with very little space
Bone mineral in compact bone is arranged into tight circles called osteons, with nerves and blood vessels passing through the center. Compact bone accts for 80% of the total bone mass

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Define trabecular bone

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Also known as spongy or cancellous bone, is porous and more like a network that allows nerves, blood vessels, and bone marrow to easily fill trabecular bone
Stress on trabecular bone causes it to create new and stronger networks, making it extremely adaptable
Accts for 20% of the total bone mass, it has a greater surface area than compact bone

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What are the five main types of bone based on their shape?

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  1. Long bones - bones that are longer than they are wide and made up of primarily compact bone (e.g. arm bones, leg bones, and phalanges)
  2. Short bones - cube-shaped with a thin layer of compact bone (e.g. wrist and ankle bones)
  3. Sesamoid bones - bones embedded in tendons. (e.g. patella and pisiform)
  4. Flat bones - thin and curved with parallel layers of compact bone. (e.g. sternum and bones of the skull)
  5. Irregular bones - bones that do no fit in any of the other categories. (e.g. vertebra and bones of the sinus)
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What does collagen fibers allow bones to do?

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The presence of collagen fibers allow bone to endure stretching forces

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What does mineral salts allow bones to do?

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Allow bones to endure compression forces

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How is the bone construction similar to reinforced concrete?

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Similar in that steel rebar allows concrete to resist strecthing forces, while the cement resists compression

Bone structure is somewhat similar to reinforced concrete that contains structural metal reinforcement rods or bars. These metal reinforcements are commonly called rebar. Protein strands make up the rebar of bone. Calcium and phosphorus mineral crystals deposited around the protein strands are somewhat like the concrete poured around the rebar in reinforced concrete. The protein strands provide the tensile strength that holds everything together and the minerals provide the solid structure. If bones were made only of protein, they would be too flexible. If bones were made solely from minerals, the skeleton would be too brittle.

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What is the function of osteons?

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Allows the bone to resist greater amounts of force

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The bone construction does not resist what?

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Does not tend to resist twisting forces, and in fact is the primary cause of bone fractures

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What are the two main components of extracellular matrix?

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Mineral salts and collagen

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What types of force do collagen and bone mineral resist?

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Bone mineral resist compression forces

Collagen fibers resist tension forces

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What chemicals make up the organic portion of the bone extracellular matrix?

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Made up of proteoglycans, water, minerals, and fibrous proteins

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What chemicals make up the inorganic portion of the bone extracellular matrix?

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Consists of hydroxapatites or minerals salts, primarily calcium phosphate

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What portion of the bone extracellular matrix is most responsible for bone flexibility?

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Collagen contribute to the flexibility and tensile strength of the bone

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What portion of the bone extracellular matrix is most responsible for bone hardness?

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The mineral salts are responsible for hardness

29
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What passes through the Haversian canal?

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The Haversian canal contains its own blood vessels, which supply nutrients to the bone cells of the osteon and its own nerve fibers

30
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What is created in red bone marrow?

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It produces red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

31
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Where are the blood vessels found in compact bone?

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In the Haversian canal

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Where are the blood vessels found in spongy bone?

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In between the trabulcae

33
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number of axial bones

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80

34
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number of skull bones

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29

35
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Cranium bones

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Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid

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forehead, eyebrows, superior eye orbit

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Frontal bone

37
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superior and lateral walls of cranium

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parietal bones

38
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parts of temporal bones

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external acoustic meatus 
styloid process 
zygomatic process 
mastoid process 
internal acoustic meatus
39
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canal that leads to eardrum and middle ear

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external acoustic meatus

40
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most posterior bone of cranium

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occipital bone

41
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hole at the base of the skull where spinal cord enters skull

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foramen magnum

42
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Types of bone fractures

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Closed (simple) fracture: break that does not penetrate the skin
Open (compound) fracture: broken bone penetrates through the skin

43
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Stages in healing bone fracture

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Hematoma (blood-filled swelling) is formed
Fibrocartilage callus forms
Cartilage matrix, bony matrix, collagen fibers splint the broken bone
Bony callus replaces the fibrocartilage callus
Osteoblasts and osteoclasts migrate in
Bone remodeling occurs in response to mechanical stresses

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Skull and associated bones include

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cranium 8, face 14 Auditory ossicles 6, hyoid 1

45
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Thoracic cage includes

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sternum 1 , ribs 24 bones

46
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Vertebral column includes

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Vertrebrae, 24, Sacrum 1, Coccyx 1

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Pectoral girdle (4) includes

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Clavicle 2, Scapula 2,

48
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Upper limbs include (60)

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Humerus (2), Radius (2), Ulna (2), Carpal bones (16), Metacarpal bones (10), Phalanges (proximal, middle, distal 28 bones total)

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Pelvic girdle (2) includes

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Hip bone (Coxal bone 2)

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Lower limbs (60)

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femur (2), Patella (2), Tibia (2), Fibula (2), Tarsal bones (14), metatarsal bones (10), phalanges (28)

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The axial skeleton is divided into

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Divided into three parts
Skull
Vertebral column
Bony thorax
Forms the longitudinal axis of the body
52
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The skull is made up of

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Two sets of bones
Cranial (8) – encloses and protects the brain
Facial bones (14) – hold the eyes, facial muscles in place

Bones are joined by sutures
Only the mandible is attached by a freely movable joint

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cranium is composed of

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Composed of 8 large flat bones 
	1.	Frontal bone
	2.	Occipital bone
	3.	Ethmoid bone
	4.	Sphenoid bone
5–6.	Parietal bones (pair)
7–8.	Temporal bones (pair)
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Facial bones

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14 bones in total – 12 are pairs, two are single
Key facial bones:
Maxillae
2 bones fused together, forms the upper jaw
Mandible
Single bone, forms the lower jaw
Nasal
Forms the nose
There are 14 facial bones. All are paired except for the single mandible and vomer.
	1–2.  Maxillae (upper jaw)
	3–4.  Zygomatics
	5–6.  Palatines
	7–8.  Nasals (nose)
	9–10.  Lacrimals
	11–12.  Inferior nasal conchae
	13.  Mandible (lower jaw)
	14.  Vomer
55
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Paranasal sinuses

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Hollow portions of bones surrounding the nasal cavity

56
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Associated bones of the skull

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Hyoid bone
Attachment site for muscles of larynx, tongue, pharynx
Aids in swallowing and speech

Auditory ossicles
Enclosed in temporal bone
Play a role in conducting vibrations to inner ear

57
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The fetal skull _______

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The fetal skull is large compared to the infant’s total body length
Fetal skull is 1/4 body length compared to adult skull which is 1/8 body length

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Fontanels

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Fontanels - fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
Aids with delivery, Allows the brain to grow, Convert to bone within 24 months after birth, Can feel pulse over the fontanels, Largest is the diamond shaped one called the anterior fontanel, The smaller is triangular shaped and called the posterior fontanel

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The vertebral column

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26 bones (24 vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx) separated by discs
Provides column of support – transfers body’s weight to lower limbs
Protects spinal cord
Maintains upright position

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Vertebral regions

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Cervical (7 vertebrae – C1 to C7)
Thoracic (12 vertebrae – T1 to T12)
Lumbar (5 vertebrae – L1 to L5)
Sacral (5 fused vertebrae – S1 to S5) 
Coccygeal (3 – 5 fused vertebrae)
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Vertebral Canal

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Encloses spinal cord
Spaces between successive vertebrae – intervertebral foramina
Passageway for nerves and blood vessels

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Normal curves of the vertebral column

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The spine has a normal curvature
Primary curvatures are the “C”-shaped spinal curvatures of the thoracic and sacral regions - present from birth

Secondary curvatures are the “S”-shaped spinal curvatures of the cervical and lumbar regions - develop after birth

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Intevertebral discs

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Each single vertebrae is separated by pad of flexible fibrocartilage called a disc

Disc
Cushion / shock absorption
Spinal flexibility

Composed primarily of water (90%)
Reduced water content with age

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The bony thorax

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Forms a cage to protect major organs
Sternum
Manubrium 
Body 
Xiphoid process 
Ribs
True ribs (pairs 1–7)
False ribs (pairs 8–12)
Floating ribs (pairs 11–12) 
Intercostal spaces (ICS) are between the ribs
Thoracic vertebrae - attachment for the ribs
65
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The appendicular skeleton is composed off

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Composed of 126 bones subdivided into 3 parts:
Pectoral girdle
Pelvic girdle
Limbs (appendages)

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The pectoral girdle is composed of

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Made of two bones which connect upper limbs to trunk
Clavicle
Scapula
These bones allow the upper limb to have exceptionally free movement at expense of stability

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