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Chapter 6 Bone Physiology Flashcards

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Place where all blood cells are made

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Red bone marrow

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Place in bone where fat is stored

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Yellow bone marrow

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Minerals found in bone

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Calcium phosphorus etc.

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Shaft of long bones

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Diaphysis

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End of a long bone closer to the trunk of the body

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Proximal epiphysis

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Ends of long bones

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Epiphyses

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Dense irregular tissue that covers bones

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Periosteum

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Cavity in the shaft of long bones

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Medullary or marrow cavity

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Type of cartilage found in articular cartilage

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hyaline

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Type of cartilage found an epiphyseal plate

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hyaline

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Growth plate in long bones

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Epiphyseal plate

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Layer of periosteum that contains osteoblasts and osteoclasts

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Osteogenic layer (cellular layer)

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Two layers of periosteum

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Osteogenic and fibrous layer

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Tissue found in the fibrous layer of periosteum

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Dense irregular

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Collagen fibers that attach to periosteum to bone

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Sharpey fibers

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Dense irregular connective tissue that connects bone to bone

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ligament

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Dense regular tissue that connects muscle to bone

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Tendon

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Bone eating cell

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osteoclast

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Inorganic ground substance of bone

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Calcium salts

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Organic portion of bone matrix

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Collagen fibers

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Property given to the bone by collagen fibers

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Flexibility

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Property given to the bone by calcium salts

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Hardness

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Bone stem cells

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Osteoprogenitor cells

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Cells that create bone matrix

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Osteoblast

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Two major types of bone
Spongy bone and compact bone
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Carries blood vessels through the long axis of long bone
Haversian Canal
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Carry blood vessels perpendicular to the axis of a long bone
Volkmann canal
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Spaces in bone that contain osteocytes
Lacunae
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Small spaces (canals) that connect lacuna with the Haversian canal
Canaliculi
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Rings around the Haversian canal seen in compact bone
Lamellae
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Part of long bone comprised of compact bone
Diaphysis
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Thin branching networks seen in spongy bone
Trabeculae
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Type of bone that has osteons
Compact bone
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Unit of compact bone
Osteon
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Layer of osteoblasts and osteoclasts found inside the marrow cavity
Endosteum
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Place where bone grows in length
Epiphyseal plate
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Place where bone grows in width
Periosteum (endosteum)
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Growth on the surface of bone
Appositional growth
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Growth within the middle of a tissue (such as in cartilage)
Interstitial growth
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Formation of bone tissue
Ossification
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Growth of bone tissue within a cartilage precursor
Endochondral ossification
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Growth of bone tissue within a fibrous precursor
Intramembranous ossification
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Dense irregular tissue where intramembranous ossification has not yet occurred on the skull (soft spot)
Fontanel
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Location of the primary ossification center in endochondral ossification
Middle of diaphysis
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Location of Secondary Ossification center in endochondral ossification
Epiphyses
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Type of bones undergoing endochondral ossification
Most long bones
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Types of bones undergoing intramembranous ossification
Cranium clavicle
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Hormone that increases calcium levels in the blood
Parathyroid hormone
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Hormone that activates osteoblast
Calcitonin
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Hormone that activates osteoclast
Parathyroid hormone
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Hormone that decreases calcium levels in the blood
Calcitonin
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Where is calcitonin made
Thyroid gland
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First stage of bone repair
Hematoma
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Type of bone that is formed first during fracture repair
Spongy bone
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Name for the layer of spongy bone sandwiched between compact bone layers in flat bones
Dipole
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Epiphyseal plate that has completely ossified
Epiphyseal line
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A fracture with the skin remains in tact
Simple fracture
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A fracture in children where one side of bone is broken and the other side is bent
Greenstick fracture
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Distal radius fracture caused by fall onto wrist
Colles fracture
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Fracture where bone protrudes through skin
Compound fracture
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Condition caused by loss of bone matrix
Osteoporosis
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Bone tissue is derived from this embryonic tissue
Mesenchyme
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Cartilage is derived from this embryonic tissue
Mesenchyme

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