Key Points/Bone
The skeleton is what to the body?
The bony framework
Hypofunction
Dwarfism
What vitamin is essential for the absorption of the Calcium mineral?
Vitamin D
A fracture of the lamina can cause ______ and _____.
Spinal cord damage and paralysis
Ped/i
Foot
What are the 3 functions of the Skeletal System?
Support of the body structure and shape
Protection of the vital organs
Movement and achorage of the muscles
Bone growth is controlled by the _______.
Anterior Pituitary (growth hormone)
Bonebuilding, bone-repairing cells in the periosteum
Osteoblasts
What injury causes pressure on the spinal nerve and pain?
Intervertebral disk herniation
Orthr/o
Straight
Attach muscle to bone
Tendons
Ossification exceeds bone loss, in what life stages?
Childhood/Adolescence
What is essential for bone cell survival and bone formation (dense, fibrous membrane covering the bone)
Periosteum
A lateral curvature of the spine
Scoliosis
Osteo
Bone
Attach bone to bone
Ligaments
The skeleton is fully formed by the _____ of fetal development
2nd month (all cartilage)
What type of bone is light & spongy?
Cancellous Bone
An exaggerated anterior curve of the lumbar region
Lordosis
Chrondr/o
Cartilage
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
How many bones are in an adult body?
206 bones
After the 8th week of development what begins?
Ossification (mineral matter deposited replaces cartilage)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
11 & 12 pairs
The posterior thoracic is exaggerated
Kyphosis
Ankyl/o
Crooked, bent, fused together