BIOL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rickets, Clavicle, Osteon

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Cartilage: embryonic structure of most bones and covers many joint surfaces. Ligaments: hold bone to bone at joint. Functions of the skull: support, movement, protection (brain protected by cranial bones, blood formation (blood produced from bone marrow, electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, detoxification. Short (wide as it is high, cube shaped) Flat (cranial bones, lambdoid, scapular, produces blood cells) Sesamoid (kneecap, bone that grows within connective tissue)(in the tendon and ligament in the knee) Compact (cortical) bone (compact due to much stress on the bone) Hard tissue that acts as outer shell. Spongy (cancellous) bone (spaces in the sponge=where blood cells form) Medullary cavity (marrow cavity)(middle)(children, red blood cells)(adults, fat is stored) Epiphyseal (growth) plate (grow together as one bone) Periosteum (tissue around the bone)(cells in it that produces bone)(outside) Nutrient foramina (blood vessels bring nutrients to the bone) Bone is a connective tissue ( bone as a tissue) Other tissue present ( bone as an organ)

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