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Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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What are the two components of the skeletal system?

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  1. Axial Skeleton and 2. Appendicular Skeleton
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2
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Which type of skeleton makes up the head, neck, and trumk?

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Axial

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3
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Which type of skeleton makes up the limbs and pectoral/pelvic girdles?

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Appendicular

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4
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What two things make up the skeleton?

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Cartilage and Bone

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5
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What surrounds the cartilage?

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Periosteum

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6
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What surrounds the bone?

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Perichondrium

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7
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What are the two types of cartilage?

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Articular and Costal

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8
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Which type of cartilage attaches the ribs to the sternum?

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Articular

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9
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Which type of cartilage is found in the synovial joints?

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Costal

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10
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What is the relationship of aging and amount of cartilage?

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As age increases, cartilage decreases

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11
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What type of tissue is cartilage a semi-rigid, resilient form of?

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Connective Tissue

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12
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What type of connective tissue is a specialized, hardened form?

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Bone

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13
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What are the [five] functions of bone?

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Support, Protection, mechanical basis of movement, storage of salts (Ca), and continuous supply of BCs (marrow)

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14
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What are the two types of bone?

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Spongy and compact

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15
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What is the relationship of spongy bone to compact bone?

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All bones have a superficial layer of compact bone around a central mass of spongy bone

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16
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Where is marrow synthesized?

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Medullary cavity

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17
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What type of bone is tubular in shape?

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Long bones

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18
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What type of bone is cuboidal in shape?

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Short bones

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19
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What type of bone have various shapes?

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Irregular

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20
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What type of bone functions primarily for protection?

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Flat

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21
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What type of bone protects the tendons?

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Sesamoid

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22
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Give an example(s) of a long bone.

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Femur, Humerus

23
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Give an example(s) of a short bone.

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Tarsus and Carpus

24
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Give an example(s) of a flat bone.

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Cranium, ribs, scapula

25
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Give an example(s) of an irregular bone.

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Face, vertebrae

26
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Give an example(s) of a sesamoid bone.

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Patella

27
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What are the main parts of a bone?

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  1. Epiphysis (each end w/ plate following) (head) 2. Metaphysis (neck) 3. Diaphysis (shaft)
28
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What part of a bone is indicated by a small, round anticular head?

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Capitulum

29
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What part of a bone is a condyle?

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Small, knuckle-like articulation area

30
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What part of a bone is indicated by a ridge of the bone?

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crest

31
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What part of a bone is the epicondyle?

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Emenence adj or superior to a condyle

32
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What part of a bone is indicated by a smooth, flat area with cartilage where a bone is connected to another?

A

Facet

33
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A foramen of a bone indicates what?

A

A passage through

34
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What part of a bone is indicated by a hollow/depression?

A

Fossa

35
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What part of a bone is indicated by an elongated depression/furrow?

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Groove

36
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A line in a bone indicates linear elevation. What is another name for this?

A

Ridge

37
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What part of a bone is indicated by a rounded process?

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Malleolus

38
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What part of a bone is indicated by an indentation at the edge of the bone?

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Notch

39
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A process of a bone indicates what?

A

An extension/projection

40
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What does a protuberance of a bone indicate?

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Bulgy projection

41
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What part of a bone is indicated by a thorn-like process?

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Spine

42
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What is a large, blunt elevated area of a bone called?

A

Trochanter

43
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What is a spool-like articular process?

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Trochlea

44
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What part of a bone is indicated by a small, raised eminence?

A

Tubercle

45
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What part of a bone is a large, rounded elevation?

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Tuberosity

46
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At what age is ossification primarily completed?

A

20 to 21 years

47
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When does ossification of bone begin?

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Embryonic Development

48
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What is the specialized embryonic connective tissue that bones derive from?

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Mesenchyme

49
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What is the primary ossification center?

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Diaphysis (gives a bone girth)

50
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Where is the secondary ossification center?

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Epiphysis (growth plate - gives a bone length)

51
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What are the most apparent type of blood vessels in the bones?

A

Nutrient Arteries via nutrient foramina

52
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What does the nutrient arteries divide into in the medullary cavity?

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Logitudinal Branches

53
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Name a few types of variations of bones.

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  1. Accessory bones 2. Heterotopic bones 3. Atrophy, Hypertrophy 4. Fracture 5. Osteoporosis

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