Skeletal System Flashcards
The skeletal system’s major organs are the
Bones and ligaments
are simply cords of regular dense fibrous tissue that bind the bones to one another.
Ligaments
Bones of an adult
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are cylindrical bones that are longer than they are wide.
Long bones
are as long as they are wide, sometimes having an almost cuboidal shape.
Short bones
arise when bone tissue invades and hardens fibrous membranes, so they are sheet-like in shape.
Flat bones
They are usually curved rather than absolutely flat.
Flat bones
do not quite fit any of the other categories because of the complexity of their shapes.
Irregular bones
The ___ is often used as a general specimen for study because it has all the features that any bone can have
long bone
The ___ is often used as a general specimen for study because it has all the features that any bone can have
long bone
The ____ is a sheet of irregular, dense fibrous connective tissue continuous with the ligaments.
It covers the shaft and part of the heads of a long bone.
Periosteum
The _____ is a smooth cap of hyaline cartilage found where the bone articulates (forms a joint) with another bone, Joints, or connections between bones, are often movable.
Articular cartilage
The ___ is the whole central shaft of the long bone. Only the external part of the shaft, made of solid bone tissue, is visible from the external aspect.
Diaphysis
are the “heads” of a long bone, one proximal to the diaphysis and one distal.
Only the external portions are visible in a whole specimen.
Epiphysis
Although actually a separate organ, some bits of these fibrous straps that hold bones together may still be attached to your specimen.
Ligament
As its name implies, is a space within the center of the diaphysis. The walls surrounding the space are made of both cancellous and compact bone.
Medullary cavity
In the adult, the cavity generally contains _____, which is a mass of fatty tissue.
Yellow bone marrow
What is the purpose of yellow bone marrow?
produce cartilage, fat and bone
is a thin epithelial membrane that lines the medullary cavity.
Endosteum
The epiphyses, like diaphyses, have a compact bone cortex, but the medulla is often different. The inside of each epiphysis has _____.
Cancellous bone
The soft tissue in the spaces of the cancellous bone is often ____, which produces blood cells.
red bone marrow
Connective Tissue, there are two basic types of bone tissue within a bone organ:
compact bone and cancellous bone
is found mainly in the hard outer shell of a bone organ
It is formed by solid cylindrical units called ___ packed tightly together.
Compact bone, osteons
The osteon, or ____, consists of multiple concentric layers of hard bone matrix, with cells sandwiched between each laver.
haversian system