Skeletal System Functions
This function of the skeletal system involves bearing the weight of the body
What is structure
The long, central shaft of a long bone is called this
What is the shaft?
These are mature bone cells that make up most of the bone structure
What are osteocytes?
Approximately this percentage of bone is made of mineral salts.
What is 65%?
This process incorporates calcium and minerals into cartilage to form bone.
What is ossification?
The ribcage performs this skeletal-system function by surrounding the heart and lungs
What is protections?
These are the two ends of a long bone
What are the epiphyses?
These cells break down bone.
What are osteoclasts?
This crystalline mineral provides bone with strength and hardness.
What is hydroxyapatite?
This structure, also called the growth plate, is made of cartilage and is involved in the lengthening of long bones.
What is the epiphyseal plate?
Bones perform this function with the help of muscles and joints
What is movement?
This cartilage-covered area at the ends of long bones provides smooth movement and cushions against shock.
What is articular cartilage?
These cells produce new bone
What are osteoblasts?
This organic component of bone contains ground substance and collagen.
What is osteoid?
During the first stage of bone repair, this forms when blood enters the wound.
What is a hematoma?
Bones hold minerals and fat, making this one of the five major functions of the skeletal system
What is storage?
This hollow space is found inside the diaphysis of a long bone
What is the medullary cavity?
According to the notes, these cells are connected by tiny, cannaliculi that allow nutrients and wastes to move between bone cells
What are osteocytes?
Collagen gives bones this property, allowing them to have tensile strength.
What is flexibility?
During bone repair, blood vessels grow and cartilage forms to hold the bone together. This is the formation of a ______.
What is a callus?
The production of red and white blood cells in red bone marrow is called this.
What is hematopoiesis?
This tough connective-tissue layer covers the outside of a bone and is involved in muscle attachment and bone repair.
What is the periosteum?
Remembering that “Build bone” helps students distinguish these cells from osteoclasts.
What are osteoblasts?
According to the notes, a lack of hydroxyapatite can cause this condition.
What is rickets?
Put the four stages of bone repair in the correct order.
What are hematoma formation → callus formation → callus ossification → compact bone formation?