Skeletal System Flashcards
(162 cards)
We get new skeleton every
7 to 10 years
Bones are organs because they contain more than
1 type of tissue
Bone are made of:
o, c, m, n, e
osseous (bone) tissue cartilage muscle nervous epithelial tissues
Bones help maintain homeostasis by regulating ___ levels and producing the ____
blood calcium - hormone
Person suffers ____ bone loss every month
1 to 2%
Human body contains ____ bones ranging in shape and size from the tiny shapes
206
Two subdivisions of the skeleton
axial
appendicular
4 Parts of the skeletal system
b, j, c, L
Bones (skeleton)
Joints
Cartilages
Ligaments
80 bones
divided into skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage regions
Axial
126 bones
such as limbs, pelvis (ilium, pubis, ischium), and shoulder blades (scapulae)
Appendicular
2 basic types of osseous (bone) tissue
Compact bone
Spongy bone
Dense, smooth, and homogeneous
Have dense, smooth-looking external layers of compact or cortical bone around a porous, honeycomb-looking area of spongy bone
Compact bone
Small needlelike pieces of bone
Many open spaces
Made up of tiny cross-hatching supports (trabeculae) that help the bone resist stress.
Where you can find bone marrow
Spongy bone
2 types of bone marrow
Red bone marrow
Yellow bone marrow
produce blood cells
Red bone marrow
stores energy as fat
Yellow bone marrow
4 groups of bone shape
L, F, S, I
Long
Flat
Short
Irregular
Bone-shaped bones
Contain mostly compact bone; spongy bone at ends
All of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and kneecap bones)
Shaft with enlarged ends
Long bones
Examples: ◦ Femur ◦ Humerus ◦ fibula and tibia ◦ metacarpals
Long bones
Thin, flattened, and usually curved
Two thin layers of compact bone sandwich a layer of spongy bone between them
cube-shaped bones
Flat bones
Examples: ◦ Most bones of the skull ◦ Ribs ◦ Sternum ◦ sternum and scapulae ◦ bones make the brain case
Flat bones
cube-shaped
Contain mostly spongy bone with an outer layer of compact bone
Sesamoid bones are a type of the bone that form within tendons (patella)
Short bones
Examples: ◦ Carpals (wrist bones) ◦ Tarsals (ankle bones) ◦ talus, cuboid (foot) ◦ lacunate/scaphoid (wrist)
Short bones
Do not fit into other bone classification categories
weirdly-shaped
Irregular bones