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Osseous Tissue and Bone Structure
Bones, bones, bones! c:
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
06/18/2012

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Term
Classify and Define Ramus
Definition
Classification: Elevation/projection
Definition: An extension of a bone making an angle with the rest of the structure.  
Term
Name the five primary functions of the skeletal system. 
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 
Term
The adult skeleton contains how many bones?
Definition
206
Term
Where are the Wormian bones found?
Definition
In the skull
Term
What are some examples of the Irregular bones? 
Definition
Spinal Vertibrae, Pelvic bones, and some Skull bones
Term
Short bones are ____ and ____. They can be found where?
Definition
Small, and boxy
In the wrists and ankles.  
Term
Flat bones form the _____ of the skull.
Definition
Roof
Term
The _____, a long bone, is the largest and heaviest bone in the body. 
Definition
Femur
Term
The Sesamoid bones are shaped somewhat like what?
Definition
A sesame seed
Term
Where is a sesamoid bone found?
Definition
The patella
Term
Bone markings can reveal a lot of information, such as...?
Definition
Size, Age, Sex, and General appearance. 
Term
The Head of a bone is what?
Definition
An expanded articular end of an epiphysis. 
Term
Define and classify meatus
Definition
A meatus is a passageway through a bone, 
and it is an opening.  
Term
Is the matrix of a bone dense or loose?
Definition
It is dense, and contains deposits of calcuim salts. 
Term
A _____ consists of an outer fibrous and inner cellular layer that covers the outer surfaces of bones. This exists everywhere except ____?
Definition
A Periosteum, 
Joints.  
Term
The basic functional unit of mature compact bone is ______?
Definition
An Osteon
Term
Name the types of bone cells: 
Definition
Osteocytes, osteoblasts, osteoprogenitor cells, and osteoclasts
Term
What type of bone cell is the most abundant?
Definition
Osteocytes?
Term
What do osteoclasts do?
Definition
They remove and recycle bone matrix
Term
What balances the amount of matrix?
Definition
Osteoblasts, which produce matrix and add to it, and the osteoclasts that remove calcum salts
Term
When does Intramembranous Ossification begin?
Definition
When the osteoblasts differentiate within a mesenchymal or fibrous connective tissue
Term
Where is calictriol synthesized?
Definition
In the Kidneys
Term
What effect do the sex hormones have on the skeletal system?
Definition
They stumulate osteoblast activity and the synthesis of bone matrix
Term
Normal bone growth and maintenance cannot occur without a diet of what?
Definition
Calcium and Phosphate salts
Term
What makes a greenstick fracture unique?
Definition
Only one side of the shaft is broken, and the other is bent. 
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