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Functions of the skeletal system - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Protection of internal organs |\ |\ |\
Provide bony attachments for muscles and ligaments
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Present rigid levers to allow functional movement of the body
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and its separate parts
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Store mineral and marrow elements for forming new blood cells
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organic matrix of bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Collagen fibers
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(strength and flexibility) |\ |\
Ground substance (surrounds bone cells) Osteoblasts
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Osteocytes
Osteoblasts
Inorganic mineral content - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mineral salts
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(calcium and phosphate)|\ |\
,Hard, rigid structure
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Reservoir for calcium and phosphorus
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Osteon (Haversion system) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Basic unit of
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bone
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Haversion canals allow nutrients from blood vessels to reach the
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osteocytes
Osteoblasts - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lay down bone
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Responsible for bone growth and repair |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Estrogen secretion helps regulate
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Osteoclasts - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bone resorption
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Tearing down the old or excess bone
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Cancellous bone (trabecular) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Spongy
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Thin plates
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,Laid down in response to stress
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Accomodates loads |\
Compact bone (cortical) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Resistant to
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compression
Dense in structure
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Periosteum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Vascular |\ |\ |\ |\
Inner layer contains
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osteoblasts
Covers the entire bone except for the ends
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long bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔
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Wolff's law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bone is laid down where it is
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needed and resorbed where it is not needed
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Why is this important?
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Immobilized bone or persons on bedrest are not subject to stress
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Bone-resorbing activity |\ |\
, increases (osteoclasts)|\
Increased risk for fractures
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Increased risk for falls |\ |\ |\
Geriatric Considerations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increased bone
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resorption and decreased bone formation
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-Osteoporosis
Increased bone circumference
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-Pelvis widening
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Dehydration of intravertebral disks |\ |\ |\
-Kyphosis
-Decreased height |\
Erosion and thinning of cartilage
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-Synovial membrane fibrosis
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Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dense connective tissue
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Supports, shapes, and cushions body structures
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