Skeletal System Flashcards
What are the 5 competing functions?
1) Structure/support
2) Protection
3) Movement
4) Calcium storehouse
5) Blood cell production
“Living/adaptable”
1) Growth
2) Repair (macrodamage, microdamage)
3) Remodel
What is covering the medullary cavity and the pores on the spongy?
Endosteum
What is covering the superficial layer to compact bone?
Periosteum
What is the space within the diaphysis filled with?
Bone marrow
What are the 3 ways that bone gets blood supply?
1) Periosteal vessels
2) Nutrient arteries (Nutrient foramen)
3) Epiphyseal vessels
Trabecular bone structure consists of…
Network of plates and rods
Porous
Bone Marrow
What are the 3 types of bone cell?
1) Osteoblast
2) Osteoclast
3) Osteocyte
Osteoblast…
(Deposition)
Growth
Repair
Remodeling
Osteoclast…
(Resorption)
Unloading
Repair
Remodeling
Osteocyte…
(Maintenance)
Does both blast and cost but takes care of the microdamage
Extracellular matrix composition
Organic (Collagen, gel)
Inorganic (Hydroxyapatite)
Remain tissue volume (Water)
Matrix composition
1) Collagen (25-30%) Type 1
2) Gel (5%) Glycosaminoglycan (GAG)
3) Mineral (65-70%) Ca Phosphate Crystals (Hydroxyapatite)
Compliant %
25-30% collagen
65-70% mineral
Brittle %
20% collagen
80% mineral