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| What are the components of the skeletal system? |
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Axial skeleton and has 80 bones
Appendicular Skeleton and has 126 bones
Cartilages
Ligaments and other connective tissues |
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| Name 3 functions of the skeletal system? |
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Support
Storage of minerals
Blood cell production
Protection
Leverage |
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| Name the six types of bones and a bone of each type. |
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Flat bones-sternum
Sutural bones- between cranial bones
Long bones-femur
Irregular bones- vertebrae
Sesamoid bones- develop in knee, hands
Short bones- wrist and ankles |
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| Which type of bone resists force from various direction? |
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What part of the bone is filled with marrow and where is it located on the bone.
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Medullary cavity in the Diaphysis |
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| What are mature bone cells that cannot divide and where are they located? |
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| Osteocytes and they occupy the lacunae |
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| What bone cell type produces new bony matrix? |
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| What cells differentiate into osteoblasts? |
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| What bone cells remove bone matrix and have 50+ nuclei? |
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| Collagen fiber 1/3 an calcium phospate 2/3 |
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| What fiber and mineral make up the majority of a bones weight and what are their amounts? |
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| What is the functional unit of compact bone? |
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| What is the process that increases the diameter of existing bone? |
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| What is the overproduction of growth hormone before puberty called? |
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| 99% of this mineral is deposited in the bone? |
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| What type of fracture is completely internal? |
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| What type of fracture projects through the skin? |
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