SS Flashcards
COMPONENT OF SS
BONES
CARTILAGES
TENDONS
LIGAMENTS
PREVENTS FRICTION DURING MOVEMENT
SMOOTHNESS OF THE MOVEMENT
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
PROVIDES SUPPORT AND GIVES STRUCTURE
ALWAYS CONTAIN COLLAGEN, GROUND SUBSTANCE
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (ECM)
TOUGH, ROPELIKE PROTEIN
COLLAGEN
LARGE MOLECULES CONSISTING OF MANY POLYSACCHARIDE ATTACHING AND ENCIRCLING CORE PROTEINS
SMOOTH RESILIENT
PROTEOGLYCANS
LARGE AMOUNT OF COLLAGEN FIBERS, MAKING THESE STRUCTURES VERY TOUGH
TENDONS
CONTAIN COLLAGEN AND PROTEOGLYCANCS
CARTILAGE
CONTAIN COLLAGEN AND MINERALS
BONE
MOST MINERAL IS IN THE FORM OF PHOSPHATE CRYSTALS CALLED
HYDROXYPATITE
ARE LONGER THAN THEY ARE WIDE
LONG BONES
APPROXIMATELY WIDE AS THEY ARE THE BONES OF THE WRIST AND ANKLE
SHORT BONES
HAVE RELATIVELY THIN FLATTENED SHAPE
FLAT BONES
TRUE/FALSE
SKULL AND STERNUM IS SHORT BONES
FALSE KASE FLAT BONES SILA
HAVE SHAPES THAT DO NOT FIT READILY INTO THE OTHER 3 CATEGORIES
IRREGULAR BONES
structural unit of
compact bone
includes lamella,
lacunae, canaliculus,
central canal, osteocytes
OSTEON