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| Two Divisions of Skeletal System |
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Axial- skull, vertebrae, ribcage
Appendicular- limbs, pectoral,pelvic girdles |
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1.Support for the body
2.Protection of soft organs
3.movement
4.hematopoiesis
5.Storage of minerals and fat |
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| Two basic types of bone tissue |
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1.Compact Bone
2.Spongy Bone |
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1.Long (mostly compact, arms, legs)
2.Short (mostly spongy, ankles, wrists)
3.Flat (Skull, ribs, sternum)
4.Irregular (Vertebrae and Facial) |
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| What minerals make up the matrix of bone? |
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| 2 Factors that influence bone remodeling |
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Muscle and gravity
and blood calcium levels |
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| How are blood calcium levels maintained? |
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| IT blood calcium is too low, parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates osteoclasts to break bone down. IF it is too high, then calcitonin stimulates osteocytes to deposit more calcium into bones. |
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| Fracture repair by a physician |
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Reduction (realignment of bone)
Immobilazation (holding bone in place) |
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| Four steps of bodily fracture healing |
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| Hematoma, Fibrocartilage, fibrocartialige callus, bony callus |
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| formation of blood cells (happens in red bone marrow or Hematopoitic tissue) |
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| Name of joint that connects skull bones |
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| How is a fetal skull different from an adults? |
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| A fetal skull is 1/4 of its body, while an adults is 1/8. Also, a fetal skull is not completely formed, and has fontenels or soft spots. |
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| Why are fontenels necessary? |
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| They are needed because they allow for compacting of the skull when passing through the cervix, and to allow for brain growth |
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| five regions of vertebrael column |
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cervical
thoracic
lumbar
sacrum
coccyx |
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| What letter is a normal spinal curvature shaped like |
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| Three abnormal spinal curves |
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Scholiosys (off to the side)
Kyphosis (bad posture)
Lordosis (butt hanging out) |
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