week 7 Flashcards
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Functions of the Skeleton
1) function
2) protection
3) system of levers with the muscle to move the body
4) storage(lipids, minerals, calcium)
5) blood cells form in the red bone marrow
Two main divisions of the Skeleton
Axial and Appendicular
Axial Skeleton
the bones that lie around the body’s center of gravity
Appendicular Skeleton
the bones of the limbs or appendages
Main types of Cartilages
Hyaline, Elastic, Fibrocartialge
What DONT cartilages have
nerves or blood vessels
Cartilages ARE
surrounded by dense irregular connective tissue named pericondrium
Hyaline
mostly in the embryo and replaced by bone is adults,most common in the body
Location of Hyaline
articular (cover the ends of most bones at movable joints), coastal (connects the ribs to the sternum), respiratory (found in the larynx, nasal (support the external nose)
Elastic
provides flexibility
Location of Elastic
external ear, epiglottis (the guardian of the airway)
Fibrocartilage
Strength and shock absorption
Location of Fibrocartilage
intervertebral discs between the vertebrae, menisci between knee joints, pubic symphysis (where the hip bones join anteriorly)
How are bones classified
shape/ texture or sesamoid and sutural
Types of bone shapes
long/short/ flat/irregular
Long Bone
such as a the femur and phalanges are much longer and wide generally consisting of a shaft with heads at either ends
Short Bones
are typically cubes, and they contain more spongy bone than compact bone ex. tarsals and carpals
Flat Bones
are generally thin with two waferlike layers of compact bone sandwiching a thicker later of spongy bone between them
Irregular Bones
bones that do not fall into one of the other categories ex. the vertebrae
Sesamoid
special types of short bones
Sutural
tiny bones between cranial bones
Chemical composition of bone
1) calcium salts confer hardness
2) the matrix (collagen fibers) confer flexibity
What makes up the central canal
nerve/vein/artery
Ossification
bone formation and growth in length