Skeletal System Flashcards
study of bones
Osteology
2 components of skeletal system:
Organic components - 1/3 or 35%
Inorganic components - 2/3 or 65%
functions of skeletal system:
- supports soft parts of the body
- locomotion
- provides framework
- protects vital organs
- defense
- blood formation
- storage of minerals
number of bones in:
horse: _________
human adult: _________
human baby: _________
cats: ________
dogs: ________
horse: 205 bones
human adult: 206 bones
human baby: 300 bones
cats: 230 bones
dogs: 319 - 321 bones
refers to the hard layer of bone that covers most bones and forms almost the entire shaft
Compact (dense or cortical) bone
composed of plate (spicules) arranged to form a porous network usually filled with bone marrow.
Cancellous (spongy) bone
denotes the compact bone that forms the shaft of long bones
Cortex
space surrounded by the cortex of long bone
Medullary cavity (marrow cavity)
Red marrow
Young animals
Yellow marrow
Old animals
refers to either extremity of long bone
Epiphysis
cylindrical shaft of long bone situated between two epiphysis
Diaphysis
(disk or physis) layer of hyaline cartilage that separates the diaphysis and epiphysis within the metaphysis of long bone
Epiphyseal cartilage
thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the articular surface of a bone
Articular cartilage
Articular Projections:
- Trochlea
- Facet
pulley-like articular mass found at the distal end of femur
Trochlea
relatively flat articular surface
Facet
Non-articular Projections:
- Process
- Tuberosity
- Tubercle
- Spine
- Crest
- Neck
- Line
- Glenoid cavity
- Cotyloid cavity
- Notch
general term for bony projection
Process
relatively non- articular projection
Tuberosity