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Skeletal (W3.1) Flashcards

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Function of bones

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Support - Scaffolding for soft tissue
Protection - protect delicate vital organs and tissues
Leverage - Levers for muscle/joint movement
Storage - Calcium bank
Blood Cell Formation - Hematopoiesis in bone marrow

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Cancellous bone

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Spongy bone filled with red marrow

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Compact bone

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Surrounds medullary cavity in shaft of long bones and outside layer of all bones

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Medullary cavity

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yellow marrow storage

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Periosteum

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Outer membrane of the long bone

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Endosteum

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Lines hollow cavity or medullary cavity of the long bone

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Articular Cartilage

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joint surfaces made up of hyaline cartilage

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Diaphysis

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Shaft of the long bone

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Epipysis

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proximal and distal end of the long bone

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Epiphyseal plate

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physis or growth plate

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Epiphyseal cartilage

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cartilage within bone for growth in immature bone

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Endochondral Bone Formation importance

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Length increases from outer side of growth plate
Growth plate appears as line on radiograph
Growth stops when growth plate is bone

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Physis

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Easily fractured in growing bones

growth plate

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Physitis

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Distal radius swells

seen in rapidly growing foals

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Varus

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Result of Physitis
Angular limb deformity
medial side of plate slow (toward midline)

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Valgus

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Result of Physitis
Angular limb deformity
lateral side of plate slow (away midline)

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Greenstick fracture

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(long bone) fracture of shaft, not completely through

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Complete fracture

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(long bone) fracture through entire shaft

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Comminuted fracture

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(long bone) complete fracture with many pieces

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Long bone

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bone that is longer than wide; consists of diaphysis with two epiphysis with articular cartilages

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Short bone

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Bone that is cube shaped (carpal)

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Flat bone

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plates (skull, scapula, rib)

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Irregular bone

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Complex different from the other types of bone

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Sesamoid bone

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small bones present in tendons; type of irregular bone

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Patella

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largest type of sesamoid bone

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Condyle

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large, round articular surface; on distal end (femur/humerus)

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Head

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spherical articular surface; on proximal end (shoulde/hip)

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Facet

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Flat articular surface; on carpus/tarsus

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Processes

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(Trochanter, Tubercle, Tuberosity, Spine, Crest, Wing)

includes all the lumps, bumps, and projections on bone; where tendons attach to bone

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Foramen

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Hole for nerve/vessel

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Fossa

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Depression with muscle or tendon

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