BIOL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Multinucleate, Collagen, Osteocalcin

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Made if: osseous tissue, blood, bone marrow, cartilage, adipose, nervous tissue, fibrous connective tissue. Connective tissue is hardened and mineralized (calcified: cartilages, ligaments. Functions of the skeleton: support, protection ribs, skull, etc. to protect organs, movement joints, electrolyte balance. Particularly calcium (ca 2+) [bones mineralize calcium and store is so it can be used later] and phosphate (po4 2-) [released with calcium: acid-base balance. Releases alkaline phosphate and carbonate salts to buffer the blood: blood formation where blood cells are made (b cells are called that because they are made in bone marrow) Different types of bones: long bones. Act as rigid levels to allow many movements: excellent example of bones and we will use long bones as our example. General anatomy of long bones: elongated shafts with two heads. Diaphysis (length of the bone/shaft) and proximal and distal epiphyses (head of the bone: exterior surface covered in periosteum (covering outside of the bone)

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