Skeleton and joints Flashcards
What cell constructs cartilage
Chondroblasts - secrete ground substance and collagen to form a rigid gel.
Why is cartilage generally thin?
Gets metabolites from diffusion as no neurovascular elements are present in cartilage
Wha are the functions of bone?
Movement
Protection
Haemopoesis - principle blood cells are formed in the bone marrow
Storage of calcium and phosphorus
What are the shapes of bones + examples
Long (femur) Flat (sternum) Short (trapezoid) Sesamoid (patella) Irregular
Periosteum
Connective tissue that envelopes bones except at joints.
How does trabecular bone tissue help bones deal with forces
Forces funnelled down towards the mature (hard, dense) bone, like a network of struts.
What are the origins of bone?
Endochondral ossification, intramembranous ossification
Head
Expanded end of the epiphysis, separated from shaft by narrow neck.
Neck
Narrow connection between epiphysis and diaphysis, also called diaphysis
Condyle
Smooth rounded articular process
Trochlea
Smooth grooved articular process, shaped like a pulley.
Facet
Small flat articular surface
Process
Bump
Ramus
Extension of the bone at an angle to the rest of the structure
Trochanter
Large projection
Tuberosity
Projection
Tubercule
Small projection
Process
Projection