Skeletal System Flashcards
1
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Purpose of Skeletal System
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Protection, Structure, Movement, Stores minerals, Cell production
2
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Two subdivisions
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- Appendicular
- Axial
3
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What is the Skeletal System composed of?
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Bones, Cartilage, Synovial joints, ligaments
4
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Spongy Bone
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Big pores, brittle
5
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Compact Bone
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Little pores, sturdy
6
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Shapes of bones
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Long, Short, Flat, Irregular
7
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Long bones
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Numerous,Radius, Ulna, metacarpals, phalanges,femur,fibula, tibia
8
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Short bones
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Found in wrist
9
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Flat bones
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Cranium,sternum, scapulae
10
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Irregular bones
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Vertebrae,sacrum, mandible
11
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Bone anatomy
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12
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Bone Homeostatic imbalances
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Pickets, comminuted, compression, spiral, depressed, green stick, impacted fractured
13
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Treatment of fractured bones
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Open reduction
Closed reduction (no surgery)
14
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Repairing Bone structures
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- Hematoma causes swelling with blood vessels
- Fibrocartilage callus forms to splint break
- Bong callus forms to replace fibrocartillage
- Bone remodeling
15
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Bone fragments into 3 or more pieces
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Comminuted
