Exam I | Overview of Tissues and Systems Flashcards
Where are osteons located?
compact bone
What are the components of an oseton?
- Haversian canal
- lamellae
- lacunae
Which canals run parallel to the bone axis?
Haversian canals
Which canals run perpendicular to bone axis?
Volkmann’s canals
What are the rings of bone matrix that surround the Haversian canal?
lamellae
What are the spaces that contain the osteocytes?
lacunae
What are canaliculi?
- microscopic canals between the lacunae
- the radiating processes of the osteocytes project into these canals, joined together by gap junctions.
What does the endosteum do?
- lines the bone marrow cavity.
- lines the inner surfaces of the central canals
- covers the trabeculae of spongy bone
What are trabeculae, and where are they found?
- interconnecting plates that bear weight and help the bone resist bending and twisting
- found in spongey bone
What is the medullary cavity?
central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored
What is an osteocyte?
mature bone cell that maintains bone marrow matrix
Where is most of the neural innervation in bone?
periosteum
What do nutrient arteries supply?
- bone marrow
- spongy bone
- compact bone
What do periosteal arteries supply?
much of compact bone
What do metaphyseal and epiphyseal arteries supply?
extremities of bone
How can bones be made clear?
injecting ethyl cinnamate
where do nutrient arteries and veins enter the bone?
by way of nutrient foramina
Where do nutrient veins depart?
epiphyseal regions
Bones have blood vessels, nerves, ______, and ______.
lymphatic vessels; fibers
What is Wolff’s Law?
bones adapts to load (atrophy or hypertrophy)
What is avascular necrosis?
- loss of functional bone tissue following impaired blood supply
- small regions of necrosis occur with every fracture or significant trauma to bone
What is the concern with a compound fracture? Why?
infection, because bone breaks through skin (at least momentarily)
What type of fracture is typically associated with falling injuries?
impacted fracture. broken ends are driven together
What can cause a pathological fracture?
osteoporosis or osteopenia, which weaken bone