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Skeletal system - ANS✅✅bones



Structures of the Skeletal System: - ANS✅✅- bone

- cartilage

- ligaments

- other supportive connective tissues



functions of the skeletal system - ANS✅✅- frame work for the body

- support body weight

- attachment point for muscles that allows movement

- storage reservoir (Ca2+, Phosphorus)



Cartilage - ANS✅✅A connective tissue that is more flexible and resilient than bone



Chondroblasts - ANS✅✅cartilage forming cells



Chondrocytes - ANS✅✅mature cartilage tissue that occupies small spaces called lacunae and does
not have vasculature



hyaline cartilage - ANS✅✅- shiny or glassy appearance

- in the middle as far as flexibility

- example: the tip of the nose



Fibrocartilage - ANS✅✅- rigid and strong

- example: the vertebral discs



elastic cartilage - ANS✅✅- most flexible of the three types

- example: the outer structure of the ear

,functions of cartilage - ANS✅✅- support the soft tissues

- gliding surface of joints

- precursor model for bone growth



interstital growth - ANS✅✅growth from within (a long bones growth in length)



appositional growth - ANS✅✅growth from the outside (a bone's growth in diameter)



Functions of bones - ANS✅✅- structural support

- protection for the delicate organs

- attachment point for muscle

- hemopoiesis

- mineral and energy reserves



long bone - ANS✅✅- longer than they are wide

- example: femur



short bone - ANS✅✅- roughly about as wide as they are tall

- include a special type called sesamoid bone



sesamoid bone - ANS✅✅- bone formed in a tendon over a joint

- example: the patella (kneecap)



flat bone - ANS✅✅- very broad and thin bones

- example: the sternum



irregular bone - ANS✅✅- bones that do not fit into the other categories

- unique in shape

- example: vertebrae

,what are the regions of long bone - ANS✅✅- Diaphysis

- Epiphysis

- Metaphysis



Diaphysis - ANS✅✅- the shaft of a long bone that includes the meduallary cavity



meduallary cavity - ANS✅✅The space within the diaphysis of a bone that contains yellow bone
marrow



what cavity does the endostium line - ANS✅✅the meduallary cavity



Epiphysis - ANS✅✅the ends of long bone that are covered and protected by articular cartilage



articular - ANS✅✅joint



metaphysis - ANS✅✅growth zone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis during development of
a long bone



periosteum - ANS✅✅lines the outside of the bone except where articular cartilage is



nutrient foramen - ANS✅✅small opening in the middle of the external surface of the diaphysis,
through which an artery and/or nerve enters the bone to provide nourishment



osteoprogenitor cells - ANS✅✅undifferentiated cells that will become bone



osteoblasts - ANS✅✅bone forming cells that secrete osteoid (the bone forming matrix)



when does and oesteoblast become an osteocyte? - ANS✅✅when it is completely embedded in
osteoid



osteocytes - ANS✅✅mature bone cells that detect strain on the bone and "decides" if bone should
grow or regress

, osteoclasts - ANS✅✅dissolves/break bones down due to lack of stress stimulation or the body in
need of calcium



compact bone - ANS✅✅dense, hard layers of bone tissue that lie underneath the periosteum



osteon - ANS✅✅A structural unit of compact bone consisting of a central canal surrounded by
concentric cylindrical lamellae of matrix.



central canal - ANS✅✅the center of the osteon that houses the arteries, veins, and nerves



concentric lamellae - ANS✅✅surrounds the central canal, has osteocytes embedded in it



Canalculi - ANS✅✅grooves that allow osteocytes to communicate with one-another



perforating canals - ANS✅✅Perpendicular to the central canal,

allow blood vessels and nerves to "weave" through different central canals



spongy bone - ANS✅✅- found deep in epiphysis

- strong but light

- contains red bone marrow used for hemopoiesis

- DOES NOT CONTAIN OSTEON



ossification - ANS✅✅the formation of bone connective tissue



intramembranous ossification - ANS✅✅- produces flat bones of the skull, some facial bones,
mandible, and central portion of clavicle

- bones develop from mesenchyme membrane

- calcification entraps osteoblasts within lacunae in bone matrix



endochondral ossification - ANS✅✅- formation of most bones from hyaline cartilage



process of endochondral ossification - ANS✅✅Steps

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