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Biosystems
Skeletal System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
09/05/2011

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Term
skeletal cartilages
Definition
-dense CT
-AVASCULAR
-not innervated
-3 types
Term
bone functions
Definition
-framework
-protection
-movement
-store Ca/fat
-makes RBC
Term
bulges, depressions, holes serve as
Definition
-attachment sites
-joint surfaces
-conduits for blood vessels/nerves
Term
osseous tissue
Definition
-spongy
-compact
Term
spongy tissue
Definition
-filled with red marrow
-at ends of long bones
Term
compact tissue
Definition
-outside layer of bone
Term
diaphysis
Definition
-shaft
-compact bone surround medullary cavity (yellow marrow of fat)
Term
epiphyses
Definition
-ends
-spongy bone inside
-hyaline cartilage on joint surfaces
Term
periosteum
Definition
-membrane that lines outside of bones
-outer fibrous
-inner osteogenic
-nerves, blood vessels
Term
endosteum
Definition
-membrane lines inside of bones
Term
dont have marrow cavity
Definition
short, irregular, and flat bones
Term
osteogenic cells located in
Definition
periosteum/endosteum
Term
osteoclasts
Definition
break down (reabsorb) bone martrix
Term
structural unit of bone
Definition
-Haversian system (osteon)
Term
lamellae
Definition
-weight bearing
-column like matrix tubes
-Ca matrix/CT
Term
central (Haversian canal)
Definition
contains blood vessels and nerves
Term
lacunae
Definition
spaces btw lamellae that have bone cells
Term
spongy bone
Definition
-trabeculae
-along lines of stress
-no osteons
-irregularly arranged lamellae, osteocytes
-capillaries supply nutrients
Term
organic comp of bone
Definition
-cells
-osteoid (bone matrix of ground sub and collagen fibers)
Term
inorganic comp of bone
Definition
-hydroxyapatites (mineral salts)
-65% of bone mass
-main calcium phosphate crystals
-responsible for hardness
Term
imbalance of Ca levels can disrupt
Definition
-transmission of nerve impulses
-muscle contraction
-blood coagulation
-secretion by glands
-cell division
Term
osteoporosis
Definition
-bone reabsorption outpaces deposit
Term
osteoporosis risk factors
Definition
-low estrogen levels
-low Ca
-genetics
-diabetes II
Term
treatment of osteoporosis
Definition
-Ca and Vit D
-bisphosphates (inhibit osteoclasts)
-SERMs
-HRT (hormone replacement)
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