Bone Tissue (Chapter 6) Flashcards
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Define bone
Is an organ made up of several different tissues working together.
General functions of skeletal system
. Structural support . Protection . Acts as levers for motion . Storage area- 98% of Ca in bones .Hemopoises- Produces blood in bones . Removes heavy metals . Secretes hormones
Yellow bone marrow consist of?
Consists of adipose cells and stores triglycerides.
Long Bone
Have greater length than width and consist of diaphysis (shaft) and a variable number of epiphyses or extremities (ends). Consist mainly of compact bone tissue and spongy bone tissue.
Short Bones
Cube-shaped and nearly equal in length, width, and depth.
Flat Bones
Thin and composed of two nearly parallel plates of compact bone enclosing a layer of spongy bone.
Irregular bones
Complex shapes and cannot be grouped into any of the three categories just described.
Sesamoid bones
Develop in certain tendons where there is considerable friction compression, and physical stress.
Sutural bones
Small bones located within the sutures of certain cranial bones.
Diaphysis
Is the bone’s shaft.
Epiphyses
Are proximal and distal ends of the bone.
Diaphysis
Is the bone’s shaft.
Articular
Thin layer of hyalin cartilage covering the part of the epiphysis where the bone forms an articulation with another bone. Reduces friction and absorbs shock at freely movable joints.
Metaphyses
The regions between the diaphysis and the epiphyses.
Endosteum
Thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity.
Periosteum
Tough connective tissue and associated blood supply that surrounds the bone surface wherever it is not covered by articular cartilage. Composed of outer fibrous layer of dense irregular connective tissue and inner osteogenic layer.
Surface markings or osseous landmarks
Are structural features adapted for specific functions.
Depressions and openings
Form joins or allow the passage of soft tissues
Four types of cells in bone tissue ( Histology of Osseous Connective tissue)
- Osteogenic cells
- Osteoblast
- Osteocytes
- Osteoclasts
Osteogenic cells
Are unspecialized bone stem cells deprived from mesenchyme, the tissue from which almost all connective tissues are formed. They are the only bone cells to undergo cell division.
Oesteoblasts
Bone building cells. They synthesize and secret collagen fiber and other organic components needed to build the extracellular matrix of bone tissue, they initiate calcification.
Osteoclasts
Huge cells deprived from the fusion of as many as 50 monocytes are concertrated in the endosteum.
Osteocytes
Mature bone cells are the main cells in bone tissue and maintain its daily metabolism such as the exchange of nutrients and wastes with the blood.
Name two Osseous C.T
- Compact bone tissue
2. Cancellous ( Trabecular) Bone or spongy bone