Test 2 Flashcards
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what are the functions of the bone and skeletal system
Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral storage and release, blood cell production
Bone tissue makes up about _____ percent of the weight of the human body
18
Bone tissue stores about ____ percent of total body calcium
99
This connective tissue produces red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
Red bone marrow
This bone marrow consists mainly of adipose cells which store triglycerides
Yellow bone marrow
How many bones are in an adult skeleton
206
These types of bones have greater length than width and consist of a diaphysis (shaft) and a variable number of epiphyses or extremities (ends)
Long bones
Are long bones straight or curved
Curved for strength
What kind of tissue do long bones consist of
compact bone tissue (dense and has smaller spaces), but they also have some spongy bone tissue
name examples of long bone
humerus, ulna and radius, femur, tibia and fibula, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges
These bones are somewhat cube-shaped and nearly equal in length, width, and depth
short bones
what kind of bone tissue do short bones consist of
spongy bone, except at the surface where there is a thin layer of compact bone
What are examples of short bones
carpal and tarsal
these bones are generally thin and composed of two nearly parallel plates of compact bone enclosing a layer of spongy bone
flat bones
The layers of compact bone are called ______ (in flat bones)
external and internal tables
In cranial bones, the spongy bone is referred to as _____
diploë
Name examples of flat bones
cranial, sternum, and ribs, and scapulae
these bones have complex shapes and cannot be groups into any of the three categories; they vary in the amounts of spongy and compact bone they contain
irregular bones
Name some examples of irregular bones
vertebrae, certain facial bones, and calcaneus (heel bone)
these bones develop in certain tendons where there is considerable friction, compression, and physical stress
sesamoid bones
Which are the largest sesamoid bones
the two patellae
where is the patellae located
in the quadriceps femoris tendon
This is the bone’s shaft, or body– the long cylindrical main portion of the bone
diaphysis
these are the extremities which are the proximal and distal ends of the bone
epiphyses