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| Classify and Define Ramus |
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Classification: Elevation/projection
Definition: An extension of a bone making an angle with the rest of the structure. |
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| Name the five primary functions of the skeletal system. |
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Definition
1. Support of the entire body
2. Storage of minerals and lipids
3. Production of blood cells
4. Protection of soft tissues
5. Leverage |
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| The adult skeleton contains how many bones? |
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Definition
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| Where are the Wormian bones found? |
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Definition
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| What are some examples of the Irregular bones? |
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Definition
| Spinal Vertibrae, Pelvic bones, and some Skull bones |
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| Short bones are ____ and ____. They can be found where? |
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Definition
Small, and boxy
In the wrists and ankles. |
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| Flat bones form the _____ of the skull. |
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Definition
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| The _____, a long bone, is the largest and heaviest bone in the body. |
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| The Sesamoid bones are shaped somewhat like what? |
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Definition
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| Where is a sesamoid bone found? |
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Definition
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Term
| Bone markings can reveal a lot of information, such as...? |
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Definition
| Size, Age, Sex, and General appearance. |
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| The Head of a bone is what? |
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Definition
| An expanded articular end of an epiphysis. |
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Term
| Define and classify meatus |
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Definition
A meatus is a passageway through a bone,
and it is an opening. |
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| Is the matrix of a bone dense or loose? |
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Definition
| It is dense, and contains deposits of calcuim salts. |
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| A _____ consists of an outer fibrous and inner cellular layer that covers the outer surfaces of bones. This exists everywhere except ____? |
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Definition
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Term
| The basic functional unit of mature compact bone is ______? |
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Definition
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| Name the types of bone cells: |
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Definition
| Osteocytes, osteoblasts, osteoprogenitor cells, and osteoclasts |
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| What type of bone cell is the most abundant? |
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Definition
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Definition
| They remove and recycle bone matrix |
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| What balances the amount of matrix? |
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Definition
| Osteoblasts, which produce matrix and add to it, and the osteoclasts that remove calcum salts |
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Term
| When does Intramembranous Ossification begin? |
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Definition
| When the osteoblasts differentiate within a mesenchymal or fibrous connective tissue |
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Term
| Where is calictriol synthesized? |
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Definition
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Term
| What effect do the sex hormones have on the skeletal system? |
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Definition
| They stumulate osteoblast activity and the synthesis of bone matrix |
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Term
| Normal bone growth and maintenance cannot occur without a diet of what? |
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Definition
| Calcium and Phosphate salts |
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Term
| What makes a greenstick fracture unique? |
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Definition
| Only one side of the shaft is broken, and the other is bent. |
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