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Unit 4 - Osseous Tissue and Bone Structure Flashcards

1
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How many bones does a normal human adult have?

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206

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2
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What is bone?

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Rigid structure
Dense connective tissue
Variety of shapes and sizes  
Serves a variety of functions
Active tissue
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3
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What do ligaments attach?

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Bone to bone

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4
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What do tendons attach?

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Muscle to bone

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5
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7 functions of the skeleton

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Support
Protection
Movement
Electrolyte balance
Acid-base balance
Blood formation
Metabolic functions
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6
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What is matrix?

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Calcium hydroxyapatite and organic collagen

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7
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What makes the collagen fibers hard in bones?

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When calcium and phosphorus comes together, they will precipitate on the collagen forming crystals. Those crystals harden and make the collagen fibers hard.

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8
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7 general features of bones

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Cortical bone  
Diaphysis 
Marrow cavity  
Epiphyses  
Cancellous bone 
Articular cartilage  
Nutrient foramina
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9
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What are the 4 bone shapes?

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Long bones
Short bones
Flat bones
Irregular bones

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10
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2 features of long bones

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Longer than wide

Rigid levers acted upon by muscles

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11
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2 features of short bones

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Equal in length and width

Glide across one another in multiple directions

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12
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What do flat bones protect and what is their shape?

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Protect soft organs

Curved but wide & thin

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13
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7 structures of a long bone

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Epiphyses 
Diaphysis
Cortical 
Cancellous 
Marrow cavity
Articular cartilage
Periosteum
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14
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2 structures of a flat bone

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Two layers of cortical bone enclosing middle layer of cancellous bone
Diploe

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15
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What is diploe?

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Cancellous layer in cranium

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16
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4 principal types of bone cells

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Osteogenic cells
Osteoblasts
Osteocytes
Osteoclasts

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17
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What are osteoblasts?

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Bone forming cells

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18
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What are osteocytes?

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Mature osteoblasts trapped in matrix they deposit

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19
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What are osteoclasts?

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Cells that breakdown and reabsorb bone

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20
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How do lacuna maintain the matrix?

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It uses an osteocyte

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21
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What is the function of canaliculi?

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They carry nutrients to the bone cells

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22
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How many bones are in the skull?

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22

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23
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What are 3 changes that affect bone?

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Nutrition
Ratio of calcium to phosphate
Amount of trace minerals

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24
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2 types of bone

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Cortical

Cancellous

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25
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Which layer of bone is the hard, outer layer?

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Cortical

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26
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Percentage of cortical bone in total bone mass of adult human skeleton

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80%

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27
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What is cortical bone covered by on the outer and inner surfaces?

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Periosteum on outer surface, and endosteum on inner surface

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28
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The basic structural unit of cortical bone

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Osteon

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29
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What is the physical appearance of cancellous bone?

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Sponge-like

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30
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Cancellous bone consists of? (3)

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Spicules
Trabeculae
Red bone marrow

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31
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Which bone type is the interior of cortical bone?

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Cancellous bone

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32
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Percentage of cancellous bone in total bone mass of adult human skeleton

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20%

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33
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Description of cancellous bone

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Thin formations of osteoblasts covered in endosteum

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34
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2 types of bone marrow

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Red and yellow

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35
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What does hemopoietic tissue produce?

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Blood cells

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36
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What is hemopoietic tissue composed of?

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Multiple tissues

37
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Which age group is yellow marrow found in?

38
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What does most red marrow turn into?

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Fatty yellow marrow

39
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When does the skeletal system begin to develop?

40
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What are the 2 ways bones are developed?

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Intramembranous ossification

Endochondral ossification

41
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What happens during intramembranous ossification?

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Bone is created by connective tissue

42
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What happens during endochondral ossification?

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Bone is created from cartilage

43
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What types of bones does intramembranous ossification produce?

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Flat bones of skull and clavicle

44
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What does endochondral ossification start with?

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The pre-existing cartilage model

45
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During infancy and childhood, what do epiphyses fill with?

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cancellous bone

46
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by late teens to early twenties, what happens after all remaining cartilage in epiphyseal plate is consumed?

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Gap between epiphyses and diaphysis closes

47
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What happens to the bone when the gap between epiphyses and diaphysis closes?

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The bone can no longer grow in length

48
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What is osteogenesis?

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Extracellular matrix laid down by osteoblasts

49
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During osteogenesis, what do collagen fibers polymerize to form?

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Collagen strands

50
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4 cellular components of bone

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Osteoblast
Osteoid
Osteocyte
Matrix

51
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What are the 2 types of bone growth?

A

Bone elongation

Appositional growth

52
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Why is bone always turning over?

A

In response to calcium homeostasis

53
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5 zones of metaphysis

A 
Reserve cartilage
Proliferation
Hypertrophy
Calcification
Bone deposition
54
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Where does bone grow in length?

A

The metaphysis

55
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What is the term for bones growing in length?

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Interstitial growth

56
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What is the term for bones increasing in width?

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Appositional growth

57
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What % of bone remodeling occurs yearly?

58
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2 types of dwarfism

A

Achondroplastic

Pituitary

59
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Defining feature of achondroplastic dwarfism

A

Long bones stop growing in childhood

60
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2 defining features of pituitary dwarfism

A

Lack of growth hormone

Normal proportions with short stature

61
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What occurs during mineralization?

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Osteoblasts produce collagen fibers and fibers become encrusted with minerals that harden matrix

62
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What are abnormal calcifications?

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Calcifications that are irregular in size or shape or are tightly clustered together in an otherwise soft organ

63
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Where is hydrogen pumped during mineral resorption?

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The space between osteoclast and bone surface

64
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Mineral resorption is performed by _____ at the ___ ___

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Performed by osteoclasts at the “ruffled border”

65
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What is calcium homeostasis?

A

The mechanism the body uses to maintain adequate calcium levels

66
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How many grams of calcium in an adult human?

67
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Term for blood calcium deficiency

A

Hypocalcemia

68
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Term for blood calcium excess

A

Hypercalcemia

69
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What is a carpopedal spasm?

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Hypocalcemia demonstrated by muscle spasm of hands and feet

70
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Calcium homeostasis depends on the balance between…? (3)

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Dietary intake, urinary and fecal losses, and exchanges between osseous tissue

71
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Calcium homeostasis is regulated by three hormones:

A

Calcitriol
Calcitonin
Parathyroid hormone

72
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What is calcitriol produced by? (3)

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Skin, liver, kidneys

73
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How does calcitriol raise blood calcium dioxide concentration? (3)

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Increases calcium absorption by small intestine.
Increases calcium resorption from the skeleton.
Promotes kidney reabsorption of calcium ions.

74
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What is calcitriol necessary for?

A

Forming new bones

75
Q

What happens without an adequate amount of vitamin D?

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An abnormal softness of bones

76
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How does the body lower blood calcium concentration?

A

Calcitonin

77
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2 ways calcitonin lowers blood calcium concentration

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Osteoclast inhibition

Osteoblast stimulation

78
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How is calcitonin secreted?

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By C cells in the thyroid gland

79
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What secretes parathyroid hormone?

A

Parathyroid glands

80
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Parathyroid hormones is released with…?

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Low calcium blood levels

81
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4 mechanisms parathyroid hormones use to raise calcium blood levels

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  1. Binds to receptors on osteoblasts
  2. Promotes calcium reabsorption by the kidneys, less lost in urine
  3. Promotes calcitriol synthesis in kidneys
  4. Inhibits collagen synthesis by osteoblasts
82
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When is bone growth rapid?

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Puberty & adolescence

83
Q

What do anabolic steroids do for growth?

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Causes it to stop

84
Q

What is a stress fracture?

A

Abnormal trauma to a bone

85
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What is a pathological fracture?

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Bone weakened by some other disease

86
Q

What 3 characteristics are fractures classified by?

A

Direction of fracture line
Break in the skin
Multiple pieces

87
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4 steps of fracture repair

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  1. Fracture hematoma formation
  2. Callus formation
  3. Cancellous bone formation
  4. Cortical bone formation
88
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Define osteoporosis

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Bones lose mass and become brittle due to loss of organic matrix and minerals

89
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Who is at the highest risk of osteoporosis?

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Postmenopausal white women

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