KIN 2500 : Test 2

• School: LSU
• Department: Kinesiology: Professional Courses/Basic Activity Courses
• Course: KIN 2500
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Functions of bone and skeletal system: support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral storage and release, blood cell production, triglyceride storage. Types of bones: long bones, greater length than width, consist of diaphysis (shaft) and a number of epiphyses or extremities (ends, slightly curved for strength, consist of mostly compact bone, has considerable amount of spongy bone, ex. Humerus, ulna and radius, femur, tibia and fibula, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges: short bones, cube-shaped, nearly equal in length, width, depth, consist of spongy bone except at surface. Surface has thin layer of compact bone: ex. Carpal bones, tarsal bones: flat bones, thin, composed of 2 parallel plates of compact bone enclosing a layer of spongy bone, layers of compact bone are called internal and external tables. In cranial bones, the spongy bone is referred to as diploe: protect major organs, ex. Cranial bones, sternum and ribs, and the scapulae.