Skeletal System Shape
Bones are classified by what
Compact bone is arranged in cylinders called
What is Osteons
Builds Bones
Osteoblast
Process of incorporating calcium and minerals into cartilage to become bone
Ossification
What is the function of the articular cartilage
What is cushion
Long Bone
The type of connective tissue that surrounds a bone
Periosteum
What is a Osteocyte
Cartilage Cells
Chondrocytes
Irregular Bone
What are vertebrae
At the ends of long bones is the ________ bone (Spongy or Compact)
What is spongy
Crushes Bone
Osteoclast
Organic Bone function
Flexibility and Tensile Strength
Lack of Collagen causes
Brittle Bone Disease
Short Bone
Wrist or carpals
Ends of Bone
What is Epiphyses
Fills the cavity of young people
Red Bone Marrow
If calcium is too high what hormone is released
Calcitonin (From Thyroid Gland)
4 Steps to repairing a broken bone
Hematoma Forms, Callus Forms, Callus Ossifies, Compact bone forms.
Flat Bone
Scapula
Osteons are arranges in concentric circles called
Lamellae
What is the function of the canaliculi
What is transports nutrients and waste
Calcium is too low what hormone is released
Parathyroid Hormone (from the Parathyroid Gland)
This is the function of the skeletal system.
Support, Protection, movement, production, storage
Patella
What is Sesamoid Bone
Little Beams
Trabeculae
This is the spongy tissue inside bones that creates red blood cells.
Bone Marrow
Production of red and white blood cells from red bone marrow is called
Hematopoiesis
Lack of hydroxapatite causes
Rickets