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A&P 158
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
06/02/2013

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Term
What are the components of the skeletal system?
Definition

Axial skeleton and has 80 bones

 

Appendicular Skeleton and has 126 bones

 

Cartilages

 

Ligaments and other connective tissues

Term
Name 3 functions of the skeletal system?
Definition

Support

Storage of minerals

Blood cell production

Protection

Leverage

Term
Name the six types of bones and a bone of each type.
Definition

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

Term
Which type of bone resists force from various direction?
Definition

 

Spongy bone

Term

What part of the bone is filled with marrow and where is it located on the bone.

 

Definition

 

Medullary cavity in the Diaphysis

Term
What are mature bone cells that cannot divide and where are they located?
Definition
Osteocytes and they occupy the lacunae
Term
Osteoblasts
Definition
What bone cell type produces new bony matrix?
Term
Osteoprogenitor cells
Definition
What cells differentiate into osteoblasts?
Term
Osteoclasts
Definition
What bone cells remove bone matrix and have 50+ nuclei?
Term
Collagen fiber 1/3 an calcium phospate 2/3
Definition
What fiber and mineral make up the majority of a bones weight and what are their amounts?
Term
Osteon
Definition
What is the functional unit of compact bone?
Term
Appositional bone growth
Definition
What is the process that increases the diameter of existing bone?
Term
Gigantism
Definition
What is the overproduction of growth hormone before puberty called?
Term
Calcium
Definition
99% of this mineral is deposited in the bone?
Term
Closed or simple
Definition
What type of fracture is completely internal?
Term
Open or compound
Definition
What type of fracture  projects through the skin?
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