BSCI 201 Lecture 9: lecture 9- Skeletal

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Bones are organs bc several tissue types: blood, nervous, blood, cartilage, fibrous, connective, muscle, and epithelial tissue. Girdles attaching arms and legs to axial skeleton: pectoral girdle- shoulder bones, pelvic girdle. Bone tissue types by texture: spongy bone tissue, honeycomb, trabeculae- small, needle-like or flat pieces of bone b. i. Open spaces between trabeculae are filled with red bone marrow b. ii. Lie along stress lines- confer strength to bone: compact bone tissue, dense outer layer on every bone that appears smooth and solid/homogenous, osteons: functional unit. Limb bones: short, cube shaped (in wrist and ankle, sesamoid bones form within tendons (patella, flat, thin, flat, slightly curved (sternum, scapulae, ribs, most skull bones) Irregular: complicated shapes (vertebrae and hip bones) Levels of structure of bones: gross, microscopic, chemical. Periosteum- connective tissue covering bone outside: white, double layered membrane that covers external surfaces except joints, fibrous layer: outer layer. Dense irregular connective tissue: osteogenic layer: inner layer.

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