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Skeletal System Flashcards

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Parts of the skeletal system

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• bones
• joints
• cartilages
• ligaments

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2 subdivision of the skeleton

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  1. Axial skeleton
  2. Appendicular skeleton
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• Support the body
• protects soft organs
• attached skeletal muscles allow movement
• store minerals and fats
• blood cell formation (hematopoiesis)

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Skeletal system (functions of the bones)

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Protect brain and spinal cord

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Skull and vertebrae

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Protects thoracic cavity organs

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Rib cage

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Store minerals and fats

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• Calcium And phosphorus
• fat in the internal marrow cavity

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The adult skeleton has

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206 bones

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Two basic types of osseous (bone) tissue

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  1. Compact bone
  2. Spongy bone
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Dense, smooth, and homogeneous

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Compact bone

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• small needle like pieces of bone
• many open spaces

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Spongy bone

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Bones are classified on the basis of shape into 4 groups

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• long
• flat
• short
• irregular

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12
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• shaft enlarged ends
• contains mostly compact bone; spongy bone st ends
• all of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and knee cap bones) are:

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Long bones

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13
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Examples of long bones:

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Femur and humerus

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• thin, flattened and usually curves
• two thin layers of compact bone sandwich a layer of spongy bone between them

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Flat bones

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15
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Examples of flat bones:

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Most bones the skull, ribs, sternum

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16
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• generally cube-shaped
• contains mostly spongy bone with an outer layer of compact bone
• seasmoids bones are a type of bone that form within tendons (patella)

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Short bones

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Examples of short bones:

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Carpals (wrist bones)
Tarsals (ankle bones)

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• Do not fit other bones classification categories

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Irregular bones

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Examples of irregular bones:

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Vertebrae and hip bones

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20
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• Diaphysis (shaft) and periosteum

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Long bones anatomy

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21
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•Makes up most of bones length
• composed of compact bone

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Diaphysis (shaft)

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22
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• outside covering of the diaphysis
• fibrous connective tissue membrane
• perforating (Sharpey’s) fibers secure periosteum to underlying bone

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Periosteum

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Composed mostly of spongy bone enclosed by thin layer of compact bone

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Epiphysis (ends)

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•< covers the external surface of the epiphyses
• made of hyaline cartilage
• decreases friction at joint surfaces

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Articular cartilage

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•Remnant of the epiphyseal plate
• seen in adult bones

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Epiphyseal line

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• flat pane of hyaline cartilage seen in young, growing bone
• causes lengthwuse growth of a long bone

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Epiphyseal plate

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• Lines the inner surface of the shaft
• made of connective tissue

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Endosteum

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• cavity inside the shaft
• contains yellow marrow (mostly fat/ in fats
• contains red marrow for blood cell formation in infants until ages 6 or 7

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Medulla cavity

29
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Bones of attachment for muscles, tendons, and ligaments
• passages for nerves and blood vessels

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Bone marking

30
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Grow out from the bone surface

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Projection or processes

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Indentations
• terms often begin with F

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Depression or cavities

32
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• composed of small, needle-like pieces of bone call _______ and open spaces

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Trabeculae

33
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Nature bone cells situated in bone matrix

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Osteocytes

34
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Cavities in bone matrix that house osteocytes

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Lacunae

35
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Concentric circles of lacunae situated around central (haversian) canal

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Lamellae

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• Opening in the center of an osteon
• runs leghtwise through bone
• carries blood vessels and nerves

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Central ( harvesian)canal

37
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A unit of bone containing central canal and matrix rings and structural and functional unit of compact bone

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Osteon (haversian system)

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•Tiny canals
• radiate from the central canal to lacunae
• form a transport system connecting all home cell t a nutrient suppy

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Canaliculi

39
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• canal perpendicular to the central canal
• carries blood vessels and nerves

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Perforating (volkmanss) canal

40
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Is the process of bone formation

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Ossification

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(bone- forming cells) cover hyaline cartilage model with bone matrix

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Osteoblasts

42
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The enclosed cartilage is digestive away, opening up a medullary cavity

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Fetus

43
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Formed continuously on the external face of these two cartilage

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New cartilage

44
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Is broken down and replaced by bony matrix

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Old cartilage

45
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Bones growth in width

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Appositional growth

46
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• release when calcium ion levels in blood are low
• activates osteoclasts
• osteoclasts break down bone and release calcium ions into the blood

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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

47
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(high blood calcium levels) prompts calcium storage to bones by osteoblasts

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Hypercalcemia

48
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Bones are manually coaxed into position by physicians hands

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Closed reduction

49
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Bones are secured with pin wires during surgery

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Open reduction

50
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Healing times of bone fractures is.

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6-8 weeks

51
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(blood-filled swelling, or bruise) is formed.

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Hematoma

52
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Cartilage matrix, bony matrix, collagen, fibers splint the broken bone

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Fibro cartilage callus forma

53
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Osteoblasts and osteoclasts migrate in

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Bony callus replaces the fibrocartilage callus

54
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Repair of bone fractures involves 4 major events:

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• hematoma
• fibrocartilage calus forms
•bony callus replaces the fibrocartilage callus
• bone remodeling occurs in response to mechanical stresses

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