Test 2a Flashcards
Spine and skull form the longitudinal axis of the body
Axial skeleton
The bones of our limbs and girdles (pelvic/shoulder)
Appendicular skeleton
5 functions of the skeletal system
support, protection, movement, storage, blood cell formation
What two minerals does the bone store?
calcium, phosphorus
Formation of blood cells within the marrow cavities of bones
Hematopoiesis
How many bones are there?
206
Two types of bone tissue
Compact, spongy
What is spongy bone also known as?
Cancellous bone
What form the beam-like network in spongy bone?
Trabeculae
What are the open spaces of spongy bone filled with?
Marrow
What classifies a long bone as a long bone
Longer in length than in width
How many ends does a long bone have
2
Long bones have _____ bone on the outside and _____ in the inside
Compact, spongy
What shape are short bones?
Cube
What kind of bone is short bone mostly made of?
Spongy
How many layers of compact bone do flat bones have?
2
What is in the inside of a flat bone?
Spongy bone
3 examples of long bones
Limbs, metatarsals, metacarpals
3 examples of short bones
carpals, tarsals, sesmoids
3 examples of flat bones
skull, ribs, sternum
2 exmaples of irregular bones
Pelvis, vertebrae
The shaft of a long bone
Diaphysis
Fibrous connective tissue covering the shaft of a long bone
Periosteum
Fibers of connective tissue that secure periosteum to long bones
Sharpey’s fibers
Ends of a long bone
Epiphysis
Covers external surface of epiphysis of a long bone
Articular cartilage
The remnant of epiphyseal growth plate of a long bone
Epiphyseal line
A growth plate found in young growing bones that causes lengthwise growth of bones
Epiphyseal plate
Hollow inside of bone shaft of a long bone
Medullary canal (or cavity)
What does the medullary canal store?
Fat or yellow marrow
In infants, what’s on the inside of the medullary canal?
Red marrow (where blood cells are produced)
In adults, what’s on the inside of the medullary canal
Red marrow (blood cells formation is in the spongy bone of flat bones and epiphyses)
True or false: compact bones have passageways for nerves and blood vessels carrying nutrients and acts as a removal route for waste products
True
Mature bone cells
Osteocytes
House bone cells
Lacunae
Concentric rings of lacunae found around the central Haversian canal
Lamellae
Minute canals radiating in all directions from lacunae
Canaliculi
Central, longitudinal canals of bones that carry blood vessels
Hayersian canal
Horizontal canals of bones that carry blood vessels and connect osteons to the medullary cavity
Volkman canal
Complex consisting of central canal and matrix rings
Osteon
Large, rounded bone projection
Tuberosity
4 places tuberosities are found
Tibia, ischium, humerus, radius
Small rounded bone projection
Tubercle
2 places tubercles are found
Humerus, femur
Prominent narrow bone ridge
Crest
3 places crests are found
Tibia, ilium, sacrum
Large, blunt, irregularly shaped bone prominence
Trochanter