Concise summary for musculo-skeletal system anatomy - first year med school.
Offers in-depth content in understanding human body. Skeletal system and its components along with cartilage and joints.
Osteoblasts • Form bone matrix
• Deposit inorganic salts & osteoid in bone tissue
Osteocyte • Mature bone cells
• Monitor and maintain bone tissue
Osteoclast • Reabsorbs bone
• Breakdown bone = calcium & phosphate
Classification of bone
Location, shape, ossification
Long bone • Tubular
• Compact bone constituents the most (thicker in shaft)
• Spongy bone and bony marrow - ends of bone
Short bone • Cuboid/round
• Thin layer of compact bone
Flat bones • Thin, curved
• 2 // layers of compact bone covering spongy bone
Irregular bones • Contain foramina
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