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Hydroxyapatite

A

A complex phosphate of (ca)10(PO4)6(OH)2

The matrix

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(Ca)10(PO4)6(OH)2

What’s it stand for and what is it

A

Calcium10, Phosphorous6, hydroxide2

The chemical compound for bones

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The purpose of bones

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1) support
2) motion and muscle attachment
3) protection
4) calcium storage
5) bone marrow

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4
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Hemopoiesis

A

Formation of blood cells

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Red bone marrow

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Aka hemopoietic tissue.
- in most bones in infants

In some adult bones

  • sternum
  • ribs
  • crest of ilium
  • body of vertebrae
  • proximal end of long bones
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Humorous

What? And type of bone?

A

Arm

Long bone

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Radius and Alna

What? Type? Medial or lateral ?

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Forearm
Long bone
Radius is medial
Alna is lateral

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8
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Metacarpals

What? Type?

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Bones in Palm

Long bones

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9
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Phalanges

What? Type?

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Fingers

Long bones

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Femur

What? Type?

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Thigh

Long bone

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11
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Fibula and tibia

What? Type? Medial/lateral?

A

Leg
Long bones
Tibia is medial
Fibula is lateral

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12
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Ostology

A

The science of bones

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13
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Metatarsals

What? Type?

A

Sole of foot

Long bones

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14
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Lower phalanges

What? Type?

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Toes

Long bones

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Carpal bones or Carpus

What? Type?

A

Wrist

Short bones

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Tarsal bones or tarsus

What? Type?

A

Ankle

Short bones

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17
Q

Vertebrae moveable

Type?

A

Irregular bones

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Vertebrae immovable

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Secrum and coccyx

Lumbar part of spine

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Ethmoid and sphenoid

What? Type?

A

Sinus bones

Irregular bones

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Maxilla

What? Type?

A

Upper jaw

Irregular bones

21
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Mandible

What? Type?

A

Lower jaw

Irregular bones

22
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Scapula

What? Type?

A

Shoulder blade

Flat bone

23
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Clavicle

What? Type?

A

Collar bone

Flat bone

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Frontal bone

What? Type?

A

Front of skull

Flat bone

25
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Parietal

What? Type?

A

Wall of skull

Flat bone

26
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Fossa

Example?

A

Depression in a bone

TM joint. Temple mandible joint

27
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Cavities

Example?

A

Like the teeth

Maxillary sinus

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Foramen

Example

A

It’s a hole

Foramen magnum l. Base of skull where spinal cord connects to brain

29
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Meatus

Example?

A

It’s a tube

External auditory meatus. Sound waves enter

30
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Condyles

Example

A

Large, smooth, curved surfaces

The distal end of the femur

31
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Axial skeleton
What is it?
What’s it include?

A

Runs through the medial part of the skeleton.

  • skull
  • ear ossicles
  • hyoid bone
  • sternum and ribs (thorax or thoracic cavity)
  • vertebral column
32
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Appendicular skeleton

A

Contains

  • upper extremities and girdles
  • lower extremities and girdles
33
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Pectoral girdle

A

Clavicle and scapula

34
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Pelvic girdle

A

Ilium, ischium, pubic bone

35
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Axial skeleton
What is it?
What’s it include?

A

Runs through the medial part of the skeleton.

  • skull
  • ear ossicles
  • hyoid bone
  • sternum and ribs (thorax or thoracic cavity)
  • vertebral column
36
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Appendicular skeleton

A

Contains

  • upper extremities and girdles
  • lower extremities and girdles
37
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Pectoral girdle

A

Clavicle and scapula

38
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Pelvic girdle

A

Ilium, ischium, pubic bone

39
Q

Juggler notch is the?

A

Throat

40
Q

True ribs. How many? Where do they attach?

A

From the top of sternum they are ribs 1-7.

They attach directly to the sternum

all attach posteriorly to the T. Vertebrae

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False ribs. How many? Where do they attach?

A
  • There are 5 false ribs
  • Ribs 8-10 attach to the superior costal cartilage.
  • ribs 11 and 12 are the floating ribs. They only attach to the T. Vertebrae.
  • all attach posteriorly to the T. Vertebrae
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Glanoid cavity

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A cavity located on the scapula.

Head of humorous articulates here.

43
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Ilium

A

Anterior. Heart shaped part of pelvis.

Houses acetabular notch where the femur articulates with

44
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Ischium

A

Posterior section of pelvis

Houses the obturator foremen

45
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Pubic bone

A

Meets at the midline in the pelvis region.

46
Q

Describe a the process of healing a fracture…

A 
1- bleeding forms clot 
2- periosteum(CT) - forms
3- fibril blasts form
4-osteoblasts form
      - helps fragments of bone form in blood clot. 
5- fragments grow into bone
47
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Osteoblasts

A

Bone forming cells

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