KIN 2500 : TEST 2 Notes
15 Mar 2019
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Bones are organs made of different tissues: osseous tissue, connective tissue, cartilage, adipose, dense ct, epithelial tissue, nervous tissue, nav- nerve, artery, vein, how they travel. Main points in this chapter: how bones form, how bones age, how bones are affected by exercise and activity. Movement: attachment site for muscles, which allow us to move. Hemopoiesis: production of red blood cells that takes place in the bone marrow. Humerus, femur: longer than they are wide and contain more compact bone than spongy bone. Trapezoid: wider than they are long and contain more spongy bone than compact bone. Sternum, skull: layer of spongy bone in between two layers of compact bone- diploe. Patella: usually always associated with attachment of tendons and ligaments, find them where there is a lot of friction. Diaphysis: body of a long bone, also called shaft of the bone. Epiphysis: proximal and distal epiphysis, ends of the long bone.
