Bone Anatomy
The Distal & Proximal ends of a long bone. Center for growth.
What is the Epiphysis?
Adult Bone Cell; responsible for day to day maintaince.
What is an Osteocyte?
Type of Fracture in which the break does not penetrate the skin.
What is a Closed or Simple Fracture
A Chronic inflammation of the connective tissue on the bottom of the foot.
What is Plantar Fasciitis?
The last bone to finish growing?
These structures pierce the periosteum and carries vessels and nerves horizontally through bone.
What is Volkmann's Canals/Perforating Canals?
This bone cell is responsible for collagen production, when it fully matures it's then called an Osteocyte.
What is an Osteoblast?
This type of fracture results in the bone being splintered and creating fragments.
What is a commiunuted fracture?
A Condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily. Affects women more than men.
The basic functional and structural unit for mature bone cells.
What is the Osteon/Haversion Systems.
The hollow region of the diaphysis, generally filled with yellow marrow.
What is the Medullary Cavity
This bone cell is responsible for causing the release calcium ions into the blood by breaking down mineral salts.
What is an Osteoclast?
Type of Fracture in which the break is incomplete and often bends instead of breaking all the way through; more common in children.
An inflammation of the bone and bone marrow; often caused by bacteria from the Staph Genus.
What is Osteomyelitis?
The fibrous membrane that covers the surface of bones that doesn't have articular cartilage on it, and serves as the attachment site for tendons and muscles.
What is the Periosteum
This area is where length is actually added while the bone grows, and transitions between the shaft and the growth plate.
What is the Metaphysis?
These cells, while not bone cells, are made within Bones.
What are blood cells?
Specific Fracture in which the distal radius is broken by falling onto an outstretched hand.
What is a Colles' Fracture?
This condition is caused by an overexertion of human growth hormone in adults. Bones don't grow longer, but the joints of the hands, feet, as well as jaw enlarge.
What is Acromegaly?
Brittle Bones, Bleeding Gums and Eyes, and a long time at sea might be signs of a lack of this vitamin, necessary for synthesis of Collagen.
What is Vitamin C.
The Epiphyseal Plate is known as this after the bone stops growing and becomes calcified.
What is the Epiphyseal Line?
This cell is the embryonic stem cell for connective tissue.
What is Mesenchyme.
Specific Fracture in which the fibula breaks and has an additional muscle strain on the medial side of the ankle.
What is a Pott's Fracture?
This disease is characterized by excessive breakdown of bone tissue, followed by excess and abnormal bone formation, which results in enlarged, but very weak bones.
What is Paget's Disease
The lack of this is why astronauts and bed-ridden individuals experience bone loss at a higher rate than other groups.
What is a lack of mechanical stress?