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Is bone an organ?

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Yes

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Bones allow for 4 things:

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Movement
Support
Protection
Storage

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The shape of a bone is directed by its _____

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Function

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Bony prominences create attachment points for what

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Muscles, tendons, ligaments

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Bony grooves and holes allow for the passage of what

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Blood vessels and nerves

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How many bones are in the adult human skeleton

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206

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What are the 5 categories of bones

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Long Bones
Short Bones
Flat Bones
Irregular bones
Sesamoid Bone
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Long bones consist of 3 parts. What are they?

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Diaphysis
Metaphsis
Epiphysis

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Hollow, tubular shaft of bone

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Diaphysis

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Widened end of the bone

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Metaphysis

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End of the bone covered in cartilage

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Epiphysis

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Bone that is longer than wide

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Long bones

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13
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Bones that are just as wide as long

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Short Bones

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Bones that are not rounded in cross section

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Flat bones

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Skull, sternum, pelvis are examples of what type of bone

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Flat bones

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Bones in the wrist and ankle are examples of what type of bone

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Short bone

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17
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An example of an irregular bone

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Vertebrae of Spine

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These bones have a complex shape that is neither round nor flat

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Irregular

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19
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These bones are completely surrounded by tendon

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Sesamoid bones

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The patella and small bones in the hands in feet are examples of this type of bone

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Sesamoid bone

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Dense compact bone most often found on bones responsible for load bearing

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Cortical bone

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Less dense, lattice-like bone that is more vascular and may contain bone marrow

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Cancellous bone

23
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Cortical bone is arranged in what units?

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Osteons aka haversian systems

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Consist of concentric layers of bone or lamellae arranged around a central haversian canal

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Bone cells
Osteocytes
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Channels that run perpendicular to the haversian canals allows blood vessels to travel from the outside of the bone to the center
Volkmann's canals
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The haversian canal contains ____ and ____
blood vessels and nerves
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What is interspersed between the concentric layers of cortical bone
Osteocytes
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When bone is first created it is laid down in an irregular fashion known as ___ ____
Woven bone
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The hallmark of mature bone
Lamellae
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Woven bone is remodeled to become ___ bone
Lamellar
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Cancellous bone consists of interconnected bands of tissue called _____
trabeculae
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Primarily cancellous bone tissue contains more irregularly arranged _____
Lamellae
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Another term for cancellous bone
Trabecular bone
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Bone is a combination of organic and inorganic components
True
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The organic components of bone are living tissues created in the body
True
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The inorganic materials in bone are minerals that are deposited into bone
True
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Bone is ___% inorganic and ___% organic
70% inorganic and 30% organic
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The inorganic components of bone consist of 95% _____ and 5% ____, ____, ___, ___, and other minerals
Hydroxyapatite (HA)...... magnesium, sodium, potassium, fluoride
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The organic components of bone consist of ___% collagen, __% non-collagenous proteins, and __% cells
93% collagen | 5% non-collagenous proteins, 2% cells
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Hydroxyapatite is a mineral compound composed of ____, ____, and _____ ions
Calcium, phosphate, and hydroxyl ions
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Besides calcium and phosphorous, what minerals are stored in bone?
Magnesium, sodium, potassium, and fluoride
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Collagen is a ____
Protein
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The body's primary structural material
Collagen
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The main component of bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and teeth
Collagen
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Collagen has great _____ strength
Tensile
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Primarily signaling molecules that cells use to communicate with each other
Non-collagenous proteins
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Help to initiate and direct bone growth and repar
Non-collagenous proteins
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Family of proteins that have been found to regulate bone growth
BMP
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Non-BMP non-collagenous proteins
Insulin-like GF (IGF) Transforming Growth Factor (TGF-B) Platelet-dervied growth factor (PDGF) Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)

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