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6.6 Skeletal System Flashcards

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What are the 4 functions of the skeleton?

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Skeleton provides protection for internal organs, along with muscles, enables movement, stores minerals and fats, and is the site of blood cell formation.

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How many bones does the skeleton contain?

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Human skeleton contains 206 individual bones.

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How many bones are in the axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton?

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80 bones form the axial skeleton
126 bones form the appendicular skeleton.

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What bones does the axial skeleton include?

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Includes bones of the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage.

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What does the skull do? How many bones?

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Protects the brain
29 bones in the skill
8 = cranium
14 = facial bones
6 = middle ear
1 = under the tongue

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What is the vertebral Column? What is the function?

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26 vertebrae separated by cartilage
Protects spinal cord, supports rib cage, and attaches to pelvic bones
Has 4 normal curvatures

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What are the 4 normal curvatures (from top to bottom) of the vertebral column?

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Cervical, Throacic, Lumbar, Sacrococcygeal

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What do the ribs do?

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Forms a cage to protect major organs including the heart and lungs

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What are the 3 parts of the ribs and explain them?

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Ribs
12 ribs connected to spinal vertebrae
Sternum
Flat, blade shaped bone
Thoracic vertebrae
12 thoracic vertebrae

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What bones does the appendicular skeleton include?

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Includes shoulders, arms, pelvis, and legs.

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Are the arms and legs attached to the axial skeleton?

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YES

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What does your shoulder do?

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Allows upper limb movement

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What are the 4 bones of the shoulder?

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2 clavicles
S shaped bones that help stabilize the shoulder
2 scapulas

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What are the components of the arm?

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Humerus
Radius and ulna
Carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges

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What does the pelvis do? Specify what parts?

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Protects several organs and supports upper body weight
Reproductive organs
Urinary bladder
Parts of the large intestine

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What 5 things is the pelvis composed of?

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Sacrum
Coccyx
Coxal bones
Ilium
Ischium
Pubis

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What are the 4 components of the legs?

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Femur
Patella
Tibia & fibula

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What is the femur?

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Thigh bone
Strongest and longest bone in the body

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What is the patella?

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Triangular bone that protects the knee

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What is the tibia?

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Medial
Thicker (bears weight of femur)

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What is the fibula?

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Lateral
Stabilizes the ankle

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What bones are the feet composed of?

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Tarsals, metatarsal, phalanges

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What are bones composed of?

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Bone is composed of osseous tissue, cartilage, blood vessels, and nerves.

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What is osseous tissue?

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Osseous tissue is a type of hard and mineralized connective tissue that is made up of different types of bone cells

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What are the 3 types of bone cells?
Osteocytes Osteoblasts Osteoclasts
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What are osteocytes?
Mature bone cells
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What are osteoblasts?
Bone forming cells responsible for bone growth
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What are osteoclasts?
Bone destroying cells Useful in the release of calcium and repair of the skeletal system
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What are the two bone types?
Compact bone Spongy bone
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What is compact bone?
dense connective tissue; hard outer layer of bone.
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What is spongy bone?
loosely structured network of separated connective tissue. Some cavities in spongy bone are filled with soft tissue called bone marrow.
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What is the periosteum?
Bones are surrounded by a tough exterior membrane called the periosteum. Contains many blood vessels that supply nutrients to bones.
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What is compact bone organized into?
Compact bone is organized into osteons
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What are osteons?
circular structure surrounding a central (haversian) canal where blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic vessels pass through
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What are lamellae?
Circular rings called lamellae surround the central canals in each osteon
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What is trabeculae?
Spongy bone is the internal tissue of bone Consists of trabeculae surrounded by bone marrow tissue Red bone marrow Yellow bone marrow
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How are bones classified?
Bones are classified based on their shape.
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What are the 4 types of bone classifications?
Long bones Short bones Flat bones Irregular bones
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What are long bones?
Have a shaft with heads on both ends Contain mostly compact bone Support weight; movement
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What are short bones?
Generally cube shaped Contain mostly spongy bone Stability; movement
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What are flat bones?
Thin, flat, usually curved Made up of layers of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone Protection
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What are irregular bones?
Irregular shape Protection
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Explain the general growth of bones?
In early development, skeleton is made mostly of cartilage made of connective tissue that serves as a template. Most cartilage is replaced by deposited minerals (e.g. calcium). In compact bone, new bone cells are added in layers around hollow channels called Haversian canals. Bone cells called osteocytes become embedded within the new tissue.
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What are intramembranous bones? EX?
Originate within sheetlike layers of connective tissue Broad, flat bones Examples: Flat bones of the skull, clavicles, sternum, and some facial bones (mandible, maxilla, zygomatic)
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What is intramembranous Ossification?
Process of replacing embryonic connective tissue to form intramembranous bone: Mesenchymal cells in primitive tissue differentiate into osteoblasts Osteoblasts: bone-forming cells that deposit bone matrix around themselves When osteoblasts are completely surrounded by matrix, they are now osteocytes in lacunae Mesenchyme on outside forms periosteum
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What are endochondral bones? EX?
Begin as masses of hyaline cartilage Most bones of the skeleton Examples: Femur, humerus, radius, tibia, phalanges, vertebrae
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What is endochondral Ossification?
Process of replacing hyaline cartilage to form an endochondral bone: Begin as hyaline cartilage models Chondrocytes (cartilage cells) enlarge, lacunae grow Matrix breaks down, chondrocytes die Osteoblasts invade area, deposit bone matrix Osteoblasts form spongy and then compact bone Once encased by matrix, osteoblasts are now osteocytes
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What is a joint?
A joint is where two bones meet that holds bones together and allows for mobility.
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What are the three parts of joints?
Bursae, Ligaments, Tendons
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What are bursae?
Bursae are fluid filled sacs that cushion joints.
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What are ligaments?
Ligaments are strong bands of connective tissue that hold together the bones of a joint.
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What are tendons?
Tendons connect bone to muscles to further stabilize a joint
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How are joints classified?
Joints are classified by the amount of movement allowed
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What are the three main types of joints?
Fibrous joint Cartilaginous joint Synovial joint
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What is a fibrous joint? EX?
Generally immovable Fibrous connective tissue joins bone to bone Example Cranium (skull) bones
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What is a cartilaginous joint? EX?
Immovable or slightly moveable Fibrocartilage found between bones Example Ribs Sternum Vertebrae Pelvis
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What is a synovial joint? EX?
Freely movable Most common type of joint in the body Example Elbow joint

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