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The axial skeleton has _____ bones? |
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The appendicular skeleton has _____ bones? |
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Five functions of the Sleletal system |
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support, storage of minerals, blood cell production, protection and leverage |
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Six categories of bones (shape) |
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Flat, Sutural, Long, Irregular, Short and Sesamoid. |
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Type of bone that is located where bones are not heavily stressed or in many directions |
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two layers of the Periosteum |
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Fibrous outer layer and Cellular inner layer |
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Created by osteoblasts in periosteum cellular layer |
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Reduction in growth hormone leads to reduced epiphyseal cartilage activity and short bones |
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Epiphyseal cartilage grows unusually slowly, Limbs are short |
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Excessive cartilage formation at epiphyseal cartilage Causes long, slender limbs Other connective tissue abnormalities cause cardiovascular issues |
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Overproduction of growth hormone before puberty |
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Gene mutation that causes bone deposition around skeletal muscles |
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) |
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Growth hormone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close |
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Factors that increase blood calcium levels |
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Parathyroid hormone and Calcitonin from thyroid gland C cells |
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Crack or break due to extreme mechanical stress |
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produced by twisting stresses (fracture) |
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