Health Sciences 2300A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sedentary Lifestyle, Long Bone, Coronoid Fossa Of The Humerus

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2300A/B
• Professor: Jamie Melling

Document Summary

Women at age 20 show difference in bone density peak at 35 years. At age 50, menopause drops bone density rapidly in women less able to take up calcium. Diet and exercise when young is very important when young to put bone density as high as possible before drop. Protective covering for certain organs and regions of the body. Certain bones contain red bone marrow which produces new rbcs (hemopoietic tissue) Bone acts as a storage medium and buffer for calcium in the blood (homeostasis) Mineral storage and release of calcium and phorphorus. Bones can be classified according to either the type of bone tissue or the general morphology of the bone. Type of bone tissues compact bone & spongy bone (trabecular) Morphology of the bone long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid. Hip is made up of flat bone this is where we extract red bone marrow. Patella (not attached to other bones, embedded in the tendon)