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Chapter 6
COA Anatomy and Physiology 1
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
05/28/2014

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What parts make up the Axial Skeleton?
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Bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column
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How many bones are in the axial skeleton?
Definition
80
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How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?
Definition
126
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What are the functions of the skeletal system?
Definition
Support, Storage of Minerals, Blood Cell Production, Protection, and Leverage
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What are the 6 categories of bone shaped based on bone classification?
Definition
Flat bone, Sutural Bone, Long Bone, Irregular Bone, Sesmoid Bone, and Short Bone
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Skull surface features?
Definition
Canal or meatus, Process, Sinus, Foraman, Fissure
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Pelvis Surface Features?
Definition
Crest, Fossa, Line, Spine, and Ramus
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Periosteum Features ?
Definition
Smaller blood vessels, Lyphatic vessels, and sensory nerves.
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What are the 4 types of bone cells?
Definition
Osteocytes, Osteoblast, Osteoprogenitor cells, and Osteoclast.
Term
Osteocytes?
Definition
The maintain protien and mineral content of adjacent matrix.
Term
Oseteoblast?
Definition
Produce new bony matrix
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Osteoclast?
Definition
Remove and remodel bone matrix
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What are the 2 layers of the periosteum?
Definition
Fibrous outer layer, and Cellular inner layer
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)?
Definition
Gene mutation that causes bone desposition around skeletal muscles.
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Acromegaly?
Definition
Growth hormone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close
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Marfan Syndrome?
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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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Giantism?
Definition
Overproduction of growth hormone before puberty
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What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Definition
Calcium
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Fracture?
Definition
Crack or break due to extreme mechanical stress
Term
Closed or simple fracture?
Definition
Completly internal, it can only be seen on xrays
Term
Open or compound fracture?
Definition
project through the skin
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Tranverse fracture?
Definition
Break shaft across long axis
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Spiral Fracture?
Definition
Produced by twisting stresse, Spread along the length of bone
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Compression fracture?
Definition
In vertabrae subjected to extreme stresses
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Communited fracture?
Definition
Shatter affected area producing fragments
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