KIN 2500 Midterm: Chapter 6- Bone Characteristics
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Skeletal system made up of entire framework of bones & their cartilage function in movement, structure, posture, and mineral deposit. Osteology the study of bones & treatment of bone disorders. Functions of the bone & the skeletal system. Compact bone layers are referred to as tables, and the spongy bone is referred to as diploe (only in cranial bones) Irregular bones vary in amounts of compact and spongy bone; have different shape depending where they are (vertebra: sesamoid bones generally smooth, smaller, and develop where tendons and ligaments are (patella) Aren"t always ossified, vary in number from person to person. Anatomy of a bone: diaphysis shaft of the bone; made of compact bone, epiphyses ends of bone (proximal & distal ends); covered by periosteum, metaphysis growth plate region of bone between diaphysis and epiphyses. Has two layers: fibrous layer (made of dense irregular tissue) where tendons & ligaments attach.