Bones and
skeletal tissue
made easy
Learning unit 16
Anatomy & physiology
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, Bones and skeletal tissue lu 16
Cartilage -
Type Area Characteristics Picture Structure
Spherical chondrocytes
It lines your joints and Frosted glass when exposed
with fine collagen fibres
Most abundant type cartilage
Hyaline caps the ends of your
Chondrocytes are spherical
in the matrix, looks like
frosted glass, most
bones.
with fine collagen fibers abundant skeletal
cartilage
external ears (the parts of
predominantly elastic fibers in its
your ear that are outside your More stretchy elastic fiber matrix and perichondrium. The
Elastic body). Your Eustachian tubes Stand up to repeating chondrocytes are housed individually
(the tube that carries sounds or in multiples, in spaces known as
bending lacunae within the elastic fiber
from your external ear into network.
your head). Your larynx (your
voice box n
Sites subjected to pressure Alternating layers of hyaline
or stretch Highly compressible cartilage matrix layer and
Knee menisci Roughly parallel rows of thick layers of dense
Fibro chondrocytes collagen fibers provide
Vertebrae disc resilience and strength to
the fibrocartilage
Two major regions of the skeleton
, Major bones
Mnemonics to remember bones!
Bones of upper limbs = How Rare U Cook Mesquite Pork?
•Humerus
•Radius
•Ulna
•Carpal bones
•Metacarpal bones
•Phalanges
Bones of arms= ultra red hair
•Ulna
•Radius
•Humerus
Bones of hands = please make cookies
•Phalanges
•Metacarpal bones
•Carpal bones
Bones of arm= crazy seals
• clavicle
• Scapula
Bones of leg= five people tried flossing
•Femur
• Patella
• Tibia
• Fibula
The skull
Mnemonic = step of 6
• Sphenoid
• Temporal
• Ethmoid
•Parietal
•Occipital
•Frontal
•Number of skull bones =6
skeletal tissue
made easy
Learning unit 16
Anatomy & physiology
These notes are for personal use only and are not to be distributed or shared without express
permission. Please do not reproduce, copy, or distribute these notes in any form or by any means.
Doing so is a violation of confidentiality and may result in legal action. Thank you for respecting the
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, Bones and skeletal tissue lu 16
Cartilage -
Type Area Characteristics Picture Structure
Spherical chondrocytes
It lines your joints and Frosted glass when exposed
with fine collagen fibres
Most abundant type cartilage
Hyaline caps the ends of your
Chondrocytes are spherical
in the matrix, looks like
frosted glass, most
bones.
with fine collagen fibers abundant skeletal
cartilage
external ears (the parts of
predominantly elastic fibers in its
your ear that are outside your More stretchy elastic fiber matrix and perichondrium. The
Elastic body). Your Eustachian tubes Stand up to repeating chondrocytes are housed individually
(the tube that carries sounds or in multiples, in spaces known as
bending lacunae within the elastic fiber
from your external ear into network.
your head). Your larynx (your
voice box n
Sites subjected to pressure Alternating layers of hyaline
or stretch Highly compressible cartilage matrix layer and
Knee menisci Roughly parallel rows of thick layers of dense
Fibro chondrocytes collagen fibers provide
Vertebrae disc resilience and strength to
the fibrocartilage
Two major regions of the skeleton
, Major bones
Mnemonics to remember bones!
Bones of upper limbs = How Rare U Cook Mesquite Pork?
•Humerus
•Radius
•Ulna
•Carpal bones
•Metacarpal bones
•Phalanges
Bones of arms= ultra red hair
•Ulna
•Radius
•Humerus
Bones of hands = please make cookies
•Phalanges
•Metacarpal bones
•Carpal bones
Bones of arm= crazy seals
• clavicle
• Scapula
Bones of leg= five people tried flossing
•Femur
• Patella
• Tibia
• Fibula
The skull
Mnemonic = step of 6
• Sphenoid
• Temporal
• Ethmoid
•Parietal
•Occipital
•Frontal
•Number of skull bones =6
