APK 2100C Chapter 6 Test With Solution

APK 2100C Chapter 6
Test With Solution

Skeletal System - ANSWER Bones + Cartilage

Location: Hyaline Cartliage - ANSWER Costal Cartilage, nose, articular joints
(ends of long bones), embryonic skeleton, respiratory structures (larynx),
growth plates.

*most predominate type of carliage




Location: Fibrocartilage - ANSWER Pubic Symphysis, vertebral discs,
meniscus (knee)




Location: Elastic Cartilage - ANSWER Epiglottis and outter ear (finnas)




Cartilage Properties - ANSWER -CT

-Lots of extracellular matrix (gel-like and some fibers)

-Chondrocytes (most predominate cell) within lacuna




Facts about Fibrocartilage - ANSWER -rows of round chondrocytes + parallel
collagen fibers

, -inbetween hyaline and dense regular tissue




Function of Bones - ANSWER -support

-Protect

-Movement

-Mineral Storage (calcium and phosphates)

-hemopoiesis (red bone marrow)

-Energy Storage (yellow bone marrow)

-metabolism (regulates insulin and fat storage)




Types of bones - ANSWER -Long

-Short

-Irregular

-Flat




Long Bones - ANSWER -longer than they are wide

-shaft + 2 distinct ends

- named for shape, not size (can have small size long bones)




Flat Bones - ANSWER -thin, flattened, curved