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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
02/17/2014

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FUNCTIONS 5 OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM

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*Support 


*Storage of minerals


*Blood cell production


*Protection


*Leverage

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FLAT BONES

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Thin , roughly parallel surfaces
Ex: cranial bones, sternum
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SUTURAL BONES

(Wormian Bones)

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Irregular bones formed between cranial bones

(Number , size, shape vary)

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LONG BONES

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Relatively long and slender

Ex: Various bones of the limbs

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IRREGULAR BONES

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Complex shapes

Ex:Vertebrae, bones of the pelvis, facial bones

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SESAMOID BONES

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Small, flat, and somewhat shaped like a sesame seed

(Develop in tendons of knees, hand, and feet)

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SHORT BONES

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Small and boxy

Ex: bones of the wrist(carpals) and ankles(tarsals)

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OSTEOCYTES

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Mature bone cells that cannot divide

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OSTEOBLASTS

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Produce new bony matrix

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OSTEOPROGENITOR CELLS

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Stem cells that produce cells that differentiate into osteoblasts

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OSTEOCLASTS

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Remove and remodel bone matrix

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PERFORATING FIBERS

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Strongly connects tendons, ligaments, joint capsules to the bone through periosteum

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2 LAYERS OF PERIOSTEUM

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1. Fibrous outer layer

2. Cellular inner layer

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EXAMPLES OF DERMAL BONES

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Roofing bones of the skull

Lower jaw

Collar bone

Sesamoid bones such as the patella

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Gigantism

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Overproduction of growth hormone before puberty

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Acromegaly

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Anterior pituitary gland prduces excess growth hormone (GH) after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty.

 

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Marfan syndrome

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Syndrome where people have long, slender limbs and are very tall due to excessive cartilage formation at the epiphyseal cartilages.

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Anchondrplasia

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As a result of this syndrome, individuals develop short, stocky limbs, but the trunk is normal size.

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Calcitionin

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C Cells of the thyroid gland secrete...

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Closed or Simple Fractures

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Internal fractures are called

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Open or compound fractures 

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Fractures projected through the skin are called

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Pott Fracture

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this fracture occurs at the ankle and affects both bones of the legs

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Tranverse fractures

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Fracture of the ulna, breaks a bone shaft across its long axis

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Colles fracture

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A break in the distal portion of the radius

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Fracture hematoma

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Large blot clot after several hours develops called a 

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