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Functions of the Skeletal System EXAM STUDY GUIDE NCTA QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED ANSWERS 100

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Functions of the Skeletal System
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Skeletal System Consists of bones, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments

Supports body, protects organs, allows body movements, stores minerals and fats, site
Functions of the Skeletal System
of blood cell production

Cartilage Produced by chondroblasts, contains collagen fibers and proteoglycans

Perichondrium Surrounds cartilage, outer layer contains fibroblasts, inner layer contains chondroblasts

Cartilage Growth Occurs by appositional and interstitial growth

Bone Histology Study of bone structure and composition

Bone Matrix Collagen provides flexible strength, hydroxyapatite provides compressional strength

Osteoblasts produce bone matrix and become osteocytes, osteoclasts break down
Bone Cells
bone

Ossification Formation of bone through appositional growth

Woven Bone Collagen fibers oriented in many directions, remodeled to form lamellar bone

Lamellar Bone Arranged in thin layers with collagen fibers oriented parallel to one another

Spongy Bone Has many spaces, trabeculae provide structural strength

Compact Bone Dense, with few spaces, consists of organized lamellae

Structure of a long bone, diaphysis, epiphyses, medullary cavity, red and yellow
Bone Anatomy
marrow, periosteum, endosteum

Structure of Flat, Short, and Irregular Bones Outer covering of compact bone surrounding spongy bone

Bone Development Intramembranous and endochondral ossification

Intramembranous Ossification Skull bones, part of mandible, and diaphyses of clavicles develop from membranes

Endochondral Ossification Most bones develop from a cartilage model

Bone Growth Increase in size by appositional growth

Growth in Bone Length Epiphyseal plate growth results in increased length of diaphysis and bony processes

Growth at Articular Cartilage Articular cartilage growth results in larger epiphyses
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