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Bones and Joints
41 cards·by adriannalincoln
two types of bones
cancellous and compact
cancellous bones
spongy, examples: pelvic, ribs, skull
compact bones
heavy, dense, strong, examples: shaft of bone, outside layer of all bones
haversian canal
run length wise, blood vessels and nerves that supply osteocytes
volkmann's canal
runs across, blood vessels
osteoblast
forms bone, secretes matrix, supplies minerals to harden
osteocytes
osteoblast trapped in ossified matrix, ready to return to osteoblast
osteoclasts
removes bone where it is not needed
long bone characteristics
longer than they are wide, limb bones
short bone characterisitics
cube shaped, carpal and tarsal bones
flat bone characteristics
2 thin plates of compact bone separated by layer of cancellous bone
irregular bone characteristics
miscellaneous bones, vertebrae
sesmoid bone characteristics
sesame seed shaped, present in some tendons, patella
articular
end of joint bone
diaphysis
long portion of bone
epiphysis
ends of bones
periosteum
membrane around bone
medullary cavity
houses bone marrow
condyle
large, round and articular end of bone
fossa
hallow depression where bone tucks in
greater trochanter
ONLY femur, muscle attachment
trochlea/groove
depression in bone for tendons, nerves or vessels
tubercle
small rounded process on end
tuberosity
roughed process for attachment
red bone marrow
young, RBC formed
yellow bone marrow
adipose connective tissue, older, no RBCs
Axial skeleton
skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum
appendicular skeleton
limbs, scapula, pelvis
humerus
proximal forelimb long bone
radius and ulna
distal forelimb long bones
femure
proximal pelvic limb long bone
tibia and fibula
distal pelvic limb long bones
hipsocket
acetabulum
hip joint
coxofemoral joint
illium
most cranial pelvic bone, forms sacroiliac joint
ischium
most caudal pelvic bone, you sit on it
ischial tuberosity
main rear projecting process
pubis
smallest bone of pelvis,
dog spinal column
c-7, T-13, L-7, S-3, Coccygeal- 20-23
cat spinal column
c-7, T-13, L-7, S-3, Coccygeal- 5-23
horse spinal column
c-7, T-18, L-6, S-5, Coccygeal- 15-21