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Bone Class & Type

Classification of bones and 2 types of bones

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Name the four classifications of bones. Long: longer than wide (arms, forearms, palms, fingers, thighs) Short: cube shaped (wrist, ankle) Flat: thin, flat, curved (breastbone, ribs, cranium, shoulder girdle) Irregular: NOT short/long/flat (hip bones, vertebrae some skull bones)
Bone is also called? Osseous tissue
The process of bone formation is called? Ossification
Bone cells are called? Osteoblasts
Osteoblasts (bone cells) mature into WHAT and sit within the hard bone matrix and maintain bone. Osteocytes
Name the 2 types of bones: Compact and spongy
This type of bone is primarily found in the shafts of long bones and the outer surface of other bones. Compact
The microscopic unit of a compact bone is referred to as WHAT or WHAT system? Osteon or haversian
Compact bone has many of these systems called WHAT and contain blood WHAT? Osteon/haversian systems and (blood) vessels
In compact bone, blood supplies the tissues with WHAT and WHAT? oxygen and nutrients
Spongy bone is also called WHAT? Cancellous
This type of bone has no osteon/haversian systems. Spongy or cancellous bone
Spongy/cancellous bone tissue is arranged in plates called WHAT? Trabecule
The trabecule plates in spongy/cancellous bone is separated by holes similar to WHAT? Swiss cheese
The holes in spongy/cancellous bone decrease bone weight and contains what? Red bone marrow
The bone marrow in spongy/cancellous bone supplies the bone with WHAT and also produces these cells for use throughout the body. blood cells
This type of bone is found in short/flat/irregular bones and at the ends of long bones. Spongy/cancellous bone
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