KIN 2500 Chapter : Bone Tissue SI Worksheet ANSWERS

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

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Si: matthew landry mland84@lsu. edu: cartilage is a semirigid connective tissue that is weaker than bone, but more flexible and resilient. These cells are encased within the matrix and occupy small spaces called lacune: cartilage serves three major functions: Provide a gliding surface for articulations providing a model for the formation of most of the bones in the body supporting soft tissues. The four major functions of bone are to. Storage of mineral and energy reserves: classification of bones, long bones have a greater length than width. This is the most common bone shape: examples: femur, humerus, tibia, fibula, radius, ulna, short bones lave a length nearly equal to their width. The largest bone of this type in the body is the patella: flat bones have flat, thin surfaces. Composed of parallel surfaces of compact bone with a later of internally placed spongy bone: examples: roof of the skull, scapula, sternum and ribs.