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Chapter 6
FUNCTION OF BONE
Question | Answer |
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SIX FUNCTIONS OF BONE AND SKELETAL SYSTEM | 1)SUPPORT, 2)PROTECTION,. 3)ASSISTANCE IN MOVEMENT, 4)MINERAL HOMEOSTASIS, 5)BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION, 6)TRIGLYCERIDE STORAGE |
WHAT MINERALS DO BONE STORE | CALCIUM PHOSPHORUS; MAKES BONE STRONG |
RED BONE MARROW | CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
RED BONE MARROW PRODUCES | ALL BLOOD CELL RED, WHITE, AND PLATELET |
HEMOPOIESIS | PRODUCES BLOOD CELLS |
WHERE DO YOU FIND RED BONE MARROW | SPONGY BONE TISSUE; Developing bones of fetus; ADULT BONES: PELVIS RIBS BREASTBONE VERTEBRAE SKULL ENDS OF LONG BONES-humerus femur |
Yellow Bone Marrow | STORES TRIGLYCERIDES- MEDULLARY CAVITY |
BONE TISSUE MAKES UP ABOUT ____% OF THE WEIGHT OF HUMAN BODY | 18% |
DIAPHYSIS | LONG CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF THE BODY/SHAFT |
EPIPHYSES | DISTAL AND PROXIMAL ENDS OF BONES |
metaphyses | REGION OF MATURE BONE THE DIPAHYSIS JOINS THE EPIIPHYSES |
EPIPHYSEAL PLATE | LAYER OF HYALINE CARTILAGE THAT ALLOWS THE BONE TO GROW IN LENGTH |
EPIPHYSEAL PLATE CEASES TO GROW AT | AGE 18-21 |
EPIPHYSEAL LINE | IS THE NEW NAME FOR THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATE ONCE GROWTH STOPS |
WHAT COVERS THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATE | ARTICULAR CARTILAGE-hyaline cartilage |
Periosteum | TOUGH DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE Surrounds the bone surface where it is not covered by articular cartilage |
The cells of the periosteum allows the bone to grow in? | THICKNESS |