ch 7 Flashcards
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what are the most durable remains of a once living body
bones and teeth
what is the study of bone
osteology
what does the skeletal system consist of
bones
cartilage (forerunner of most bones, covers many joints/mature bone)
ligaments (bone to bone)
tendon (muscle to bone)
what are the functions of the skeletal systme
support (jaw bones support teeth, limb/vertebrae support body)
protection
movement
electrolyte balance (charged particles, calclium and phosphate)
acid / base balance (buffers blood by altering phosphate and carbonate salt levels)
blood formation (red bone marrow)
bone
osseous tissue
connective tissue with the matrix hardened by calcium phosphate and other minerals
what is mineralization/calcification/ossification
hardening process of bone
what do individual bones consist of
bone tissue bone marrow cartilage adipose tissue nervous tissue fibrous connenctvie tissue
what are the 6 types of boen
flat (protect soft organs)
long (rigid levers)
short (glide across one another in many directions)
irregular (do not fit into other categories)
sutural (in face)
sesamoid (knee)
compact bone
dense outer shell of bone
hard/calcified/organized collagen fibers
-3/4 skeleton weight
spongy bone
- loosely organized bone tissue
- Found in center of ends and center of shafts of long bones and in middle of nearly all others
- Covered by more durable compact bone
- makes skeleton lighter/slightly protective
- makes up 1/4 of weight
what are the features of long bone
diaphysis
- shaft that provides leverage
- contains MEDULLARY CAVITY (marrow cavity)=space in diaphysis of long bone that conatins bone marrow
epiphyses
- enlarged ends of a long bone
- strengthen joint and anchor ligaments and tendons
articular cartilage
layer of hyaline cartilage that covers joint surface; allows joint to move more freely
- located w/in joint =slick / absorptive
- hyaline cartilage covers ends of epiphyseas
nutrient foramina
- minute holes in bone surface that allows blood vessels to penetrate
- usually along diaphysis
- bring nutrients/ take bone marrow
periosteum
- external sheath covering most of bone
- heavier/thicker along diaphysis
- almost all bones
- two layers of cells
1. outer fibrous layer of collagen
2. inner osteogenic layer of bone forming cells
what is the difference between outer fibrous layer of collagen and inner osteogenic layer of bone forming cells of the periosteum
outer fibrous layer of collagen
- some fibers continuous with tendons
- contains PERFORATING FIBERS (penetrate into bone matrix)
- parallel fibers to diaphysis
inner osteogenic
- layer of bone forming cells
- w/in periosteum
- important to bone growth and healing of fractures
- growth in diameter and length
endosteum
thin layer of reticular connective tissue lining marrow cavity
has cells that dissolve osseous tissue and others that deposit it
osteoplasts? and osteoblasts present
epiphyseal plate (growth plate)
- area hyaline cartilage that separates epiphyses and diaphysis of children’s bones
- where epiphyses and diaphysis meet
- enables growth in length
- epiphyseal line present
- grows in length and diameter at same rate
what is the epiphyseal line
in adults a bony scar that marks where growth plate used to be
not calcified bone yet
adults = 1-2 cells thick left
what is bone
connective tissue
consists of:
- cells
- fibers
- ground substance
four principle types of bone cells
osteogenic cells
osteoblasts
osteocytes
osteoclasts
what are osteogenic cells
stem cells found in endosteum and inner layer of periosteum
- multiply quickly and give rise to most other bone cell types
- produce osteoblasts
- periosteum, endooosteum, plate
osteoblasts
bone forming cells
- Form single layer of cells under endosteum and periosteum
- Nonmitotic = centrioles
- Synthesize soft organic matter of matrix which then hardens by mineral deposition
- Stress stimulates osteogenic cells to multiply rapidly and increase the number of osteoblasts which reinforce bone
- lots of rough ER + Golgi complex to help make new matrix/collagen fibers/semisolid matrix = new bone
osteocytes
former osteoblasts that have become trapped in the matrix they deposited
- lacunae and canaliculi present
- some reabsorb bone matrix/others deposit it
- act as strain sensors (when stressed, produced biochem signals that regulate bone remodeling (shape and density changes)
- you know it is a cyste and not a blast by it being completely surrounded by solid matrix
- can go back to blast if injury occurs
what is lacunae and canaliculi
lacunae=
tiny cavities where osteocytes reside
canaliculi=
little channels that connect lacunae
similar to gap junctions that allow passage of nutrients, waste, and signals