Chapter 6A Flashcards
___________ includes the bones of the skeleton and the cartilage, joints, and ligaments and stabilizing connective tissues
skeletal system
5 functions of the skeletal system
- support
- storage
- blood cell production
- protection
- movement
provides structural ______________for the entire body
support
______________ of calcium salts and lipids as energy in the yellow marrow
storage
___________________ red blood cells, white blood cells, and other blood elements are produced within the red marrow
blood cell production
___________________ of soft tissues and organs are protected by skeletal elements
protection
_________________ bones function as levers that change the magnitude and direction of the forces generated by skeletal muscles
movement
bones are classified according to ___________ and ________
shape and structure
“osseous tissue” a supporting connective tissue that contains specialized cells and a metric consisting of extracellular protein fibers and ground substance. The texture of bone is a result of a calcium salts in metrix
bone
term for bone
“osseous tissue”
_____________ accounts for 2/3 the wight of bone. The remaining weight is collagen fibers
calcium phosphate
the human skeleton is made of _________ bones
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all human bones are in ________ shapes
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______________ bones that are longer than they are wide
long bones
_________________ bones that are equally long as they are wide
short bones
__________________________ thin and broad bones
flat bones
____________________ complex shapes that do not easily fit into any other category
irregular bones
In a long bone ________________ is the central shaft of the bone
diaphysis
In a long bone __________ a central canal containing bone marrow
marrow cavity
In a long bone _____________________ is a soft fatty tissue
bone marrow
__________________ expanded portions at each end and covered by articular cartilage
epiphyses
__________________ dense bone relatively solid
compact bone
______________________ cancellous bone resembles a network of bony rods or struts or spaces
spongy bone
____________________ outer surface covering of bone, tendons and ligaments intermingle within this.
periosteum