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Functions of skeletal system

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+ Supports soft tissue and provides attachment sites for muscles. Frame the body and protect organs
+ Assists skeletal muscles in movement
Site for Hematopoiesis (blood cell formation/production), in the red marrow of bone (erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets) . Yellow marrow is is site of triglyceride storage (adipose tissue)
+ Bones store and release minerals (calcium & phosphorus).
- Calcium is used for muscle contraction/neuron function

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Compact bone (Cancellous)

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+ Smooth, non porous surface of bone, 80% if bone makeup and found in areas of significant stress (diaphysis of long bones)
+ Composed of collagen and Calcium /phosphorus.
+ Functional unit is the Osteon (concentric rings of bone).
+ Highly vascular

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Haversian System

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  • central canal of an osteon containing blood vessels and nerves
  • Osteocytes (bone cells) are found in small holes called lacunae
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Spongy Bone (aka Trabeculae bone)

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  • 20% bone makeup, very porous bone (sponge-like)
  • found beneath compact bone and at the ends of epiphysis
  • lighter than compact bone
  • Contains Red bone marrow - site for hematopoiesis
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Periosteum

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Dense irregular connective tissue that wraps around diaphysis, nourishes and helps with fracture repair. Provides a passageway for blood vessels, lymphatics and nerves (nociceptors - pain receptors)

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Periosteal arteries and veins

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blood vessels that supply and drain blood to outer surface of bones

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Osteon

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functional unit of compact bone

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Concentric Lamellae

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cylindrical rings of bone matrix that surround osteons

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Central Canal

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  • a passageway for blood delivery to each osteon (in the middle of an osteon)

Haversians canal

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Nutrient Foramen

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a passageway for arteries and veins to provide blood/nutrients to bone

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Volkmann Canal

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transverse (horizantal) tunnel for blood supply

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Ligaments

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Composed of dense regular tissue, avascular, connects bone to bone. Considered a sprain

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Tendons

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Composed of dense regular connective tissue, connect muscle to bone. Considered a strain

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Cartilage

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Found in areas where 2+ bones meet

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Articular Cartilage (hyaline cartilage)

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Most abundant type of cartilage, found on epiphysis. Reduces friction between bones

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Fibrocartilage

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found in joints, reduces compression stress, absorbs shock

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Long bones

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long diaphysis, grow in length/diameter, give us our height, found in arms, legs and fingers
-Femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, radius, ulna

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short bones

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box-like, short and stout bones
- carpal, tarsus

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Flat bones

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thin layer of spongy bone sandwiched between 2 layers of compact bone
- Skull bones, ribs, sternum, scapular, shoulder blade

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Irregular bones

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complex shapes, neither long or short
- vertabrae

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Sesamoid bones

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sesame shaped bones, develops within a tendon
- Patella

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Sutural (wormian) bones

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typically develop along the connections between the flat bones of the skull. Not all people have it

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Diaphysis

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shaft of long bone, compact bone

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Epiphysis

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proximal and distal ends of long bones, spongy bone

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Metaphyses
small area between diaphysis and epiphysis - Site of epiphyseal plate (growth plate)
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epiphyseal plate (growth plate)
responsible for bone growth, rapid dividing chondroblasts
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Endosteum
lining of medullary cavity
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Medullary cavity
Red marrow in newborn infants, but as we get older yellow marrow increases
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Foramen
hole - where blood vessels enter the bone
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Fossa
depression or cavity
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Sinus
cavity within a bone
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Spine
sharp slender projection
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Process
any point bony projection
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Tubercle/tuberosity
small rounded projection
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Trochanter
larger, blunt projection
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Head
superior portion of long bone
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Facet
smooth, flat articular surface
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Condyle
rounded articular surface
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Epicondyle
raised area near condyle
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Bone cells
Osteogenic, osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts - Both osteoclasts and osteoblasts are important in bone growth and repair and calcium homeostasis in the body
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Osteogenic cells
repair and produce new bone
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Osteoblasts
secrete osteoid and stimulate calcium phosphate deposition | create new bone tissue, strengthen bones, and repair breaks
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Osteocytes
mature bone cells that maintain the matrix and initiate remodeling | maintain bone health
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Osteoclasts
large, multinucleated cells that break down bone matrix, comes from bone marrow
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Bone matrix
bone tissue made of collagen and calcium phosphate
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When calcium declines
- Parathyroid Glands secrete PTH which increases osteoclast activity - Osteoclasts remove Calcium (Ca 2+ ) from bone, and deposit into blood
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When calcium increases
- PTH levels decrease & calcitonin secretion (from thyroid) increases - Reduced osteoclast activity, continued osteoblast activity - Excess Calcium, Ca 2+, deposited in bone
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2 types of ossification (bone formation)
Intramembranous ossification and Endochondral ossification
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Intramembranous ossification
a process that creates flat bones of the skull, face, and clavicle from fibrous connective tissue
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Endochondral ossification
The process of replacing cartilage with bone to form the skeleton
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bone growth: longitudinal
grows in length
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bone growth: appositional
grows in width - osteoblasts, deposit new bone tissue on the surface of existing bone
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Proliferative zone
cartilage cells divide quickly, pushing epiphysis away from diaphysis
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Hypertrophic zone
Cells grow larger causing lacunae to lengthen
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Calcification zone
Matrix becomes calcified. Chondrocytes die and blood vessels invade leaving calcified slivers
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Ossification zone
the slivers are eroded by osteoclasts and covered with new bone by osteoblasts. Marrow cavity elongates
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Horomones that affect bone growth
hGH, sex horomones (estrogen and testosterone), thyroid, parathyroid, Glucocorticoids (cortisol)
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hGH
stimulates mitosis in epiphyseal chondroblasts and initiates secretion of IGF (insulin like growth factor) from the liver
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Sex hormones
(Estrogen and Testosterone): Increase both chondroblast and osteoblast activity, resulting in rapid growth during puberty. Osteoblast activity eventually overtakes chondroblast activity, sealing off growth plates
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Thyroid
Thyroxine and Calcitonin are both necessary for bone growth. Calcitonin inhibits osteoclasts, causing more calcium to be deposited in bones
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Parathyroid (PTH)
causes osteoclasts to dissolve bone, raising blood calcium
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Glucocorticoids
slows cell division at epiphyseal plates - Corstisol
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Growth plate zones
4 zones - Proliferative zone, Hypertrophic, ossification, Calcification
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Closed
Skin is unbroken
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Open
Bones pierce skin
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Transverse
Fracture is perpendicular to long axis of bone
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Spiral fracture
Oblique fracture often caused by twisting
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Comminuted
Multiple fractures resulting in many small pieces. Often requires surgical fixation
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Impacted
One part driven into the other by compressive force
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Greenstick
Partial fracture where only one side of bone is broken, only happens in children. Occurs when the bone is still developing and bendy
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Oblique
fracture is diagonal to long axis
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FOOSH injuries
fall on outstretched hand
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Colles fracture
distal radius fracture; falling on ventral part of hand (wrist extension)
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Smith fracture
distal radius fracture; falling on dorsal part of hand (wrist flexion)
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Salter Harris fractures
fracture involving the growth plate (epiphyseal plate) + Type II most common - fracture cuts through most of the growth plate and the metaphysis, breaks at an angle from rotation or twisting. Common in children age 10+

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