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The human skeleton is composed of ___ bones

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206

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When does the bone mass in the skeleton reach maximum density?

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30 years old

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Skeleton at birth contains how many bones?

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300

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Adult skeleton contains how many bones?

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206

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What is the axial skeleton?

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  • skull vertebral column, rib cage
  • visceral skeleton (lower jaw, upper jaw, branchial arches, hyoid bone)
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What is the appendicular skeleton?

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bones of upper and lower limbs

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The classification of human skeleton bones can be characterized by 5 shapes, what are they?

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  1. long
  2. short
  3. flat
  4. irregular
  5. sesamoid
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What is the function of long bones?

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support weight and facilitate movement

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What is the shape of short bones?

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cube-shaped

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What is the function of flat bones?

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protect the internal organs

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These type of bones have complex shapes

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irregular bones

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These type of bones reinforce tendons

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sesamoid bnes

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Long bones have a tubular bone shaft which consists of

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bone collar surrounding a hollow medullary cavity

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The hollow medullary cavity is filled with what?

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yellow bone marrow in adults

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What are the epiphyses? What do they consist of?

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  • found at ends of bone
  • consist of internal spongy bone covered by a layer of compact bone
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What is the epiphyseal line and where it is located?

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  • located between epiphyses and diaphysis
  • remnant of epiphyseal plate
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What is the external surface of the bone covered by?

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periosteum which has the blood supply

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What is the internal surface of the bone lined by?

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endosteum which is a connective tissue membrane

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Describe the general structure of short, flat, and irregular bones.

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  • thin plates of periosteum (outside)
  • endosteum-covered spongy bone (inside) which houses bone marrow between trebeculae
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How do you differentiate between cortical bone and trabecular bone?

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  • trabecular bone has holes
  • cortical bone has no holes
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Describe the general blood supply of long bones

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  • diaphyseal nutrient artery: most important for long bone
  • diaphyseal nutrient artery divides into ascending and descending branches –> supply inner 2/3 or cortex and medullary cavity
  • metaphyseal and epiphyseal arteries –> supply the ends of bones
  • periosteal arterioles –> supply outer layers of cortical bone
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Describe the general bone supply of large irregular bones, short bones, and flat bones

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  • superficial blood supply from periosteum
  • form large nutrient arteries which penetrate into medullar bone
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The periosteum and large nutrient arteries of the large irregular bones, short bones and flat bones ___ freely.

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**EXAM QUESTION ** What are the 6 functions of the human skeleton?

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  1. support
    - supports softer tissues
    - provides points of attachment for skeletal muscles
  2. protection
    - internal organs, preventing injury (ex. cranial bones for brain, vertebrae for spinal cord, ribcage for heart and lungs)
  3. assisting movement
    - skeletal muscles attached to bones –> muscles contract –> bones move
  4. resevoir for mineral
    - Ca and P
    - when minerals needed, bone releases minerals in the blood to balance minerals in body
  5. storage of energy
    - with age, red bone marrow –> yellow bone marrow
    - yellow blone marrow consists mainly of adipose cells and few blood cells
  6. production of blood cells
    - red bone marrow inside larger bone cells which produce blood cells
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What are the four major bone cells?
1. osteoblasts 2. osteoclasts 3. osteocytes 4. osteoprogenitor cells
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What are osteoblasts? (7 points)
"build bone" - form new bone - come from bone marrow - related to structural cells - found on surface of new bone - one nucleus - produce new bone called "osteoid" made of collagen and protein - control calcium and mineral deposition
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What are osteoclasts (7 points)?
- "chew bone" - dissolve the bone - come from bone marrow - related to white blood cells - formed from two or more cells that fuse together - more than one nucleus - found on surface of bone mineral next to dissolving bone
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What are osteocytes?
- cells inside the bone - come from osteoblasts - new bone will surround osteocytes - not isolated because they send out long branches to connect other osteocytes - can sense pressures or cracks in bone and help to direct where osteoclasts will dissolve the bone
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Osteocytes form a complicated network within bone called the
lacuna-canaliculi system
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What is the origin and function of osteoprogenitor cells?
origin - mesenchymal stem cells function - low strain and high oxygen tension --> osteoblasts - intermediate strain and low oxygen tenstion --> cartilage - high strain - fibrous tissue
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Skeletal development begins during the ____ of gestation and continues into the _____.
first trimester postnatal years
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Skeletal development occurs through two distinct processes, what are they?
1. intramembranous ossification --> osteoblast 2. endochondral ossification --> chondrocyte
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What is intramembranous ossification?
1. osteoblasts line surface of the bone (lining cells) 2. develop bone marrow cavity 3. woven bone
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What is endochondral ossification?
- hyaline cartilage template formed - over time replaced by mineralized bone tissue
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The epiphyseal growth plate is classified into __ zones
5
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What is bone modeling? What is the primary function? Where does it occur?
1. formation modeling: formation of bone by osteoblasts 2. resporptive modeling: resorption of bone by osteoclasts primary function - increase bone mass and mantain/alter bone shape occurs? - preexisting bone surface
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Differentiate between longitudinal growth and radial bone growth
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True or false: During bone remodelling, bone formation and bone resorption must occur at the same location.
True
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Bone remodeling can occur upon/within any of the four bone surfaces, what are they?
1. periosteal 2. endocortical 3. trabecular 4. intracortical
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Compare and contrast modeling and remodeling of the bone
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What is Wolff's Law?
"Bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads under which it is placed"
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According to Wolff's Law, what happens if loading on a particular bone increases (i.e., baseball player or rower)?
bone will remodel itself over time to become stronger to resist that sort of loading
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According to Wolff's Law, what happens if loading on a bone decreases (i.e., astronauts in space)
the bone will become less dense and weaker due to lack of required for continued remodeling
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What are the consequences of tooth loss?

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