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Chapter 6: Skeletal System Intro Flashcards

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What are the 4 components to the skeletal system?

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bones

cartilage

ligaments

tendons

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What are the functions of the skeletal system?

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body support

organ protection

body movement

mineral storage

blood cell production

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What are the three types of cartilage?

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hyaline (most associated with bone)

fibrocartilage

elastic cartilage

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Chondroblasts

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cartilage producing cell

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Chondrocytes

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a mature cartilage cell

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lacunae

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a space within the matrix of bone or cartilage that is normally occupied by a cell, and that can be visualized only when the cell shrinks away from the matrix

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Perichondrium

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Double-layered connective tissue sheath surrounding cartilage. Inner layer contains fibroblasts, outer layer contains chondroblasts.

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Articular cartilage

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Hyaline cartilage covering the ends of bones within a synovial joint.

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Bone matrix

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hydroxyapatite

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the main mineral of bone and teeth.

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collagen function in bone

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this component makes the bone less brittle

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mineral function in bone

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this component makes the bone less bendy

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Osteoblasts

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Bone building cells. They produce collagen and proteoglycans.

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Ossification

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The formation of new bone.

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Canaliculi

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osteocyte cell connections are housed in these long, narrow spaces. This is how nutrients and gases diffuse from cell to cell.

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Osteoclasts

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Bone destroying cells, which aid in bone reabsorption - the process that mobilizes Ca+ and PO4- for metabolic processes.

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stem cells

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osteochondral progenitor cells become osteoblasts or chondroblasts

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Categories for bones….

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woven bone

lameller bone

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woven bone

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the first type of bone that osteoblasts form during ossification

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lameller bone

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mature bone, the layers of which are called lamellae

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trabeculae

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the interconnecting rods and plates that make up spongy bone.

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compact bone

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The solid outer layer surrounding each bone. It has more matrix and is denser with fewer pores than spongy bone.

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Osteon

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Central canal containing blood capillaries and the concentric lamellae around it; occurs in compact bone; also called haversian system.

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central canal

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The center of the osteon that contain blood vessels, nerves, and loose connective tissue

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concentric lamellae
the rings that surround the central canal within the osteon.
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circumferential lamellae
Lamellae covering the surface of and extending around compact bone inside the periosteum.
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interstitial lamellae
This lamellae can be found in between osteons where remnants of concentric and circumferential lamellae were partially removed during remodeling.
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perforating canal
Canal containing blood vessels and nerves and running through bone perpendicular to the haversian canals; also called Volkmann’s canal.
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What are the four shapes of bones?
long short flat irregular
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flat bones
spongy bone sandwiched between compact bone
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short bones
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irregular bones
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long bones
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diaphysis
The center of long bones, surrounded by compact bone and holding a hollow center called the medullary cavity.
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epiphysis
The ends of long bone made mostly of spongy bone with an outer layer of compact bone.
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epiphyseal plate
Site at which bone growth in length occurs; located between the epiphysis and diaphysis of a long bone; area of hyaline cartilage where cartilage growth is followed by endochondral ossification; also called metaphysis or growth plate.
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epiphyseal line
Dense plate of bone in a bone that is no longer growing, indicating the former site of the epiphyseal plate.
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medullary cavity
Large, marrow-filled cavity in the diaphysis of a long bone.
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periosteum
Thick, double-layered connective tissue sheath covering the entire surface of a bone, except the articular surface, which is covered with cartilage.
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Sharpey's fibers
The collagen fibers of the tendons or ligaments that penetrate the periosteum into the outer part of the bone. They strengthen the attachment of those tissues to the bone.
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endosteum
Membranous lining of the medullary cavity and the cavities of spongy bone.
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intramembranous ossification
This type of embryonic bone formation starts within embryonic connective tissue membranes
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endochondral ossification
This type of embryonic bone formation starts within a cartilage model.
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What are the six ways that fractures are classified?
mechanism soft-tissue damage displacement vs. non-displacement fracture pattern number of fragments age-specific
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What are the three mechanisms of fracture?
trauma pathologic disease
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What are the fracture pattern classifications?
linear spiral avulsion stress compression
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hematoma
Localized mass of blood released from blood vessels but confined within an organ or a space; the blood is usually clotted.
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callus
A mass of bone tissue that accumulates at a fracture site.
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callus ossification
When the cartilage in the callus is replaced by spongy bone
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internal
This type of callus forms in between the ends of the broken bone
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external
This type of callus forms a collar around the opposing ends of the fracture.
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growth hormone
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parathyroid hormone
This hormone increases blood calcium levels by exerting direct regulatory control of osteoblasts and osteocytes.
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reproductive hormone
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what are the three hormones that influence bone growth?
growth hormone parathyroid hormone reproductive hormone
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How do genetics affect bone growth?
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How does nutrition affect bone growth?
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Vitamin D
The vitamin that is necessary for the normal absorption of calcium from the intestines
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rickets
The disease that is a result of insufficient Vitamin D in children.
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osteomalacia
Softening of bones due to calcium depletion; adult rickets.
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vitamin C
the vitamin necessary for osteoblasts to form collagen
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scurvy
Lack of vitamin C
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What three hormones are involved in maintaining calcium homeostasis?
calcitriol calcitonin parathyroid hormone
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Do blood vessels enter the matrix?
No
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flat bone
contain an interior framework of spongy bone sandwiched between two plates of compact bone.
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What are the steps of intramembranous ossification?
1) Osteoblast formation 2) Spongy bone formation 3) Compact bone formation
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What are the steps of endochondral ossification?
1) cartilage model formation 2) bone collar formation 3) primary ossification center formation 4) secondary ossification center formation 5) adult bone
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calcitriol
This hormone increases blood calcium levels and is a steroid derived from Vitamin D.
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calcitonin
This hormone decreases blood calcium levels by inhibiting osteoclast activity.
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Fontanel
soft spot in the skull of an infant, covered with tough, fibrous membrane

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