Skeletal System Flashcards

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1
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Axial

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Bones found along your bodies vertical axis, most common

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2
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Groups of bones

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Axial and appendicular

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3
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Osteoblasts

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Cells that create the bone substance

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4
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Stereotypical bone shape, limb bones

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Long Bones

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5
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Bone shape found in your finger

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Short Bones

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6
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Cells that create the bone substance

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Osteoblasts

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7
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Axial and appendicular

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Groups of bones

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8
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Bone marrow that makes blood cells

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Red Bone Marrow

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9
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Osteoclasts

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Cells that break down harmed pieces of bone

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10
Q

Biggest bone

A

Femur

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11
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Bone shapes

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Long, short, flat, irregular

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12
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Bone marrow that stores energy like fat

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Yellow Marrow

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13
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Cells that monitor the bone substance

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Osteocytes

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14
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Thin and flat bone shaped, includes scapula

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Flat bones

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15
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Types of bone cells

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Osteocytes, osteoclasts, osteoblasts

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16
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Types of bone marrow

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Red and yellow

17
Q

Cell death of the osteoclasts

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Apoptosis

18
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Osteocytes

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Cells that monitor the bone substance

19
Q

Short Bones

A

Bone shape found in your finger

20
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Long Bones

A

Stereotypical bone shape, limb bones

21
Q

Long, short, flat, irregular

A

Bone shapes

22
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Yellow Marrow

A

Bone marrow that stores energy like fat

23
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Cells that break down harmed pieces of bone

A

Osteoclasts

24
Q

Bone remodeling

A

Repairment of bone

25
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Flat bones

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Thin and flat bone shaped, includes scapula

26
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Bones like ribcages, skull, or pelvis

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Irregular bones

27
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Repairment of bone

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Bone remodeling

28
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Steps of bone modelling

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  1. Osteocytes detect fracture and release chemical signals
  2. Osteoclasts go on the site and destroy the bone material and secretes it back into the blood (Resorption)
  3. Osteoclasts call the osteoblasts to rebuild bone tissue and then go through apoptosis
29
Q

Mostly comprised of limbs and bones that help us move

A

Appendicular

30
Q

How much bones does the skeletal system have

A

206

31
Q

Red Bone Marrow

A

Bone marrow that makes blood cells

32
Q

Apoptosis

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Cell death of the osteoclasts

33
Q

Appendicular

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Mostly comprised of limbs and bones that help us move

34
Q

Smallest bone

A

Stapes

35
Q

Irregular bones

A

Bones like ribcages, skull, or pelvis

36
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Bones found along your bodies vertical axis, most common

A

Axial