Spinal 2 Wk 3 Flashcards
What are examples of pneumatic bone?
Frontal, ethmoid, maxilla, sphenoid and temporal
What are consistent examples of sesamoid bones?
Patella and pisiform.
What is the function of each type of bone cell?
Osteoblasts - form bone. osteocytes maintain or nurture bone, osteoclasts remodel bone.
What is the most frequently described deposit in bone?
Hydroxyapatite.
What are the three responses of bone which allow it to be described as “living”?
It has the ability to heal, to remodel under stressors and to age.
What is the name given to the pattern of ossification in mesenchyme?
Intramembranous ossification
What part of the skull is derived from endochondral ossification?
Chondrocranium.
Which bone of the appendicular skeleton is formed by both endochondral and intramembranous ossification?
The clavicle
What are the classifications given to abnormal bone stressed in Spinal 2?
Heterotopic and accessory bone
What are the types of rounded osseous elevations?
Tubercle Protuberance Trochanter Tuber or tuberosity Malleolus
What are examples of short bones?
Most of the bones of the carpus and tarsus.
What is the definition of an osseous foramen?
An ostium passing completely through a thin region of bone.
What are examples of pneumatic bone?
Frontal Ethmoid Maxilla Sphenoid Temporal
What is the definition of an osseous canal?
And ostium passing completely throuh a thick region of bone.
What are consistent examples of sesamoid bones?
Patella and pisiform
What is the definition of an osseous meatus?
A blind-ended passageway which does not completely penetrate through a bone.