PSYC 2000 Chapter : Bone Tissue Worksheet
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Si: matthew landry mland84@lsu. edu: cartilage is a semirigid connective tissue that is weaker than bone, but more ____flexible___ and _resilent_______. The four major functions of bone are to support and protect movement. Hemephesis(blood cell production: storage of mineral and energy reserves, classification of bones, __longbones____________ have a greater length than width. This is the most common bone shape: examples, __shortbones_________ lave a length nearly equal to their width. Their external surfaces are covered by compact bone, and their internal structure is spongy bone: examples, 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(knee cap: _flatbones_ have flat, thin surfaces. They can either long in length or short in length. Phalanges are characterized as a long bone and not a short bone because they are long in length than in width.
