KIN 2500 Chapter : SI Bone Tissue
15 Mar 2019
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Si: matthew landry mland84@lsu. edu: cartilage is a semi-rigid connective tissue that is weaker than bone, but more flexible and resilient. These cells are encased within the matrix and occupy small spaces called lacunae: cartilage serves three major functions: Provide a model for the formation of most of the bones in the body. The four major functions of bone are to. Hemopoeisis: blood cell production: classification of bones, long bones have a greater length than width. This is the most common bone shape: examples: femur, tibia, humerus, short bones have a length nearly equal to their width. Their external surfaces are covered by compact bone, and their internal structure is spongy bone: examples: carpals, tarsals, a subdivision of short bones is sesamoid, which are tiny, seed shaped bones along the tendons of some muscles. The largest bone of this type in the body is the patella: flat bones have flat, thin surfaces.
