Skeletal System Flashcards
Two basic types of bone
Compact bone and spongy bone
Dense and looks smooth
Compact bone
Composed of small needlelike piece of bone and lot of open space
Spongy bone
Are thin flattened and usually curve
Flat bone
Bones that do not fit one of the preceding categories
Irregular bones
Composed of a shaft
Proximal epiphysis
Distal epiphysis
Compact bone contains yellow marrow
Shaft
Covered by hyaline cartilage contain spongy bone
Epiphyses
Thin layer of hyaline cartilage
Articular cartilage
The central hallow portion
Medullary cavity
Inside of medullary cavity thin epithelial membrane called
Endosteum
Rich in fat
Yellow marrow
Blood cell reproducing
Red bone
Dense fibrous membrane called
Periosteum
Bones breaks clearly but not penetrate the skin
Simple fracture
Broken bones ends penetrate through the skin
Compound fracture
Boned break into many fragment
Communited
Boned crushed
Compression
Broken bones portion pressed inward
Depression
Broken bones ends are forced into each other
Impacted