Chapter 6 Skeletal System Flashcards
Yellow Bone Marrow
Stores Fat
Long
Longer then wide
Femur
Functions of Skeletal System
- Support
- Movement
- Protection
- Hem
- Storage
Flat
Thin
Rib
Short
Cubic Shaped
Carpals
Irregular
Complex Shape
Vertebrae
Sesamoid
Enclosed by a tendon
Patella
Structural Bone
Small bones located within cranial structures (Joint)
Ephipeseal Plate
Area of cartilage were bones grow in length
Articular Cartilage
A layer of cartilage covering epiphyses to reduce friction in joints
Periosteum
Tough outer covering around bone
Diaphysis
Long Shaft
Medullary Cavity
Hollow inside of the bone
Osteogenic Cell
Unspecialized cells which undergo mitosis to become osteoblasts
Osteoblasts
Bone building cells
Osteocytes
Bone cells which maintain bone tissue
Osteoclasts
Bone destroying cells
Compact Bone
Makes up the shaft of all long bones
Osteon
Basic unit of compact bone
Haverisan
Contains blood vessels and nerves
Lamella
Concentric rings of matrix
Lacunae
Spaces with contain osteocytes
Canaliculi
Canals that link osteocytes to haversian canal
Spongy Bone
Contains red bone marrow and makes up the end of long bone