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| what are the tissues that make up the skeletal system |
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bone
cartilage
fiberous connective tissue |
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| what are the functions of the skeletal system |
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support
protection
movement
storage
blood cell formation |
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| what is the structure of a long bone |
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| a shaft with heads at both ends |
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| what is the composition of the shaft of long bones |
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| a tube of compact bone with blood vessels running through it and filled with yellow marrow |
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| the ends/heads of long bones |
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| membrane covering the outside of bones which is made up of fiberous connective tissue |
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| membrane which lines the inner surface of long bones |
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| what is the function of yellow marrow and where is it found |
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| it is used to store adipose tissue and it is found in the shafts of long bones |
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| what is the red marrow for and where is it found |
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| used to make blood cells and it is found in the cavities of spongy bone |
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| bone break-down cells which are stimulated by PTH and release calcium into the blood |
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| a set of rings of bone surrounding a central canal |
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| blood-filled swelling that forms between two broken parts of a bone |
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| why does cartilaginous tissue heal so quickly |
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| the tissue has a poor blood supply because it is simply large amounts of dense connective tissue |
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| what type of cartilage makes up the inervertebral disks, the fetal skeleton, pinna of the ear |
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fibrocartilage
hyaline cartilage
elastic cartilage |
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| what major minerals are found/stored in bone |
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Definition
mineral salts
Ca+++
phosphates |
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| what is endochondrial ossification |
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| the process by which fetal skeletons of cartilage become bone |
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| what is adduction vs abduction |
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| adduction is to move toward the midline of the body while abduction is to move away from the midline of the body |
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