Overview of the Skeletal System: Structure, Functions, and Bone Types
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the skeletal system, detailing the structure and functions of bones, joints, and connective tissues. It outlines the two major skeletal subdivisions—axial and appendicular—and highlights the various types of bones classified by shape and composition. Key concepts of bone growth, remodeling, and repair mechanisms in response to injuries are discussed, emphasizing the importance of the skeleton in protection, support, movement, and blood cell formation.
Overview of the Skeletal System: Structure, Functions, and Bone Types
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A&P Chapter 5 Notes The skeletal system
SECTION 1 Bones: an overview
SKELETON • GREEK – “DRIED UP BODY” • STRONG & LIGHT • ADAPTED FOR FUNCTIONS OF PROTECTION & MOTION • ABLE TO STAND UPRIGHT W/ BALANCE • SYSTEM INCLUDES: • JOINTS, CARTILAGES, LIGAMENTS
2 SKELETAL SUBDIVISIONS • AXIAL • FORM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS • SKULL, VERTEBRAL COLUMN • BONY THORAX
SKELETAL SUBDIVISIONS • APPENDICULAR • BONES OF THE LIMBS & GIRDLES • 126 BONES OF THE LIMBS • PECTORAL GIRDLE FOR • PELVIC GIRDLE ATTACHMENT
FUNCTIONS OF BONES SUPPORT PROTECTION MOVEMENT STORAGE (fat, Ca, P…) BLOOD CELL FORMATION
CLASSIFICATION OF BONES • 206 BONES (in adult) • 2 TYPES • COMPACT-dense, looks smooth • SPONGY-small pieces, open space
SHAPES & SIZES OF BONE • LONG BONES • MORE LONG THAN WIDE; LIMBS • SHORT BONES • MOSTLY SPONGY BONE; WRIST/ANKLE • FLAT BONES • SKULL, RIBS, STERNUM • IRREGULAR BONES • VERTEBRAE, HIPS
LONG BONE STRUCTURE • DIAPHYSIS • SHAFT; COMPACT BONE • PERIOSTEUM • COVERS THE ENDS OF DIAPHYSIS; FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE; SHARPEY’S FIBERS (CT fibers) • EPIPHYSIS • ENDS OF THE LONG BONE
LONG BONE STRUCTURE • ARTICULAR CARTILAGE • HYALINE CARTILAGE; DECREASE FRICTION • EPIPHYSEAL LINE • REMNANT OF EPIPHYSEAL PLATE • YELLOW MARROW • CAVITY OF SHAFT; FAT STORAGE
LONG BONE STRUCTURE • RED MARROW • FOUND IN SHAFT IN INFANTS • ADULTS-SPONGY BONE OF FLAT BONES OR EPIPHYSES OF LONG BONES 10. BONE MARKINGS • TABLE 5.1 PG 119 • SITES WHERE ATTACHMENTS TAKE PLACE
BONE MARKINGS • PROJECTIONS/PROCESSES • GROW OUT FROM BONE SURFACE • DEPRESSIONS/CAVITIES • INDENTATIONS IN THE BONE
MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY PASSAGEWAY FOR: nutrients & wastes OSTEOCYTES- mature bone cells LACUNAE-matrix which house osteocytes LAMELLAE-concentric circles of lacunae
MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY HAVERSIAN CANAL-lamellae arranged around OSTEON-each complex of a central canal & matrix rings (HAVERSIAN SYSTEM) CANALICULI-tiny canals that radiate outward to all lacunae
MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY NOURISHMENT-bc of elaborate system of canals, bone cells are well nourished VOLKMANN’S CANAL-communication pathway from outside of bone to inside; at right angles to the shaft
MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY • WEIGHT vs. PROTECTION-one of the hardest materials in the body • Light in weight; resists tension; support system w/o giving up mobility • CALCIUM SALTS-in matrix; give bone its hardness • ORGANIC PARTS-collagen fibers; provide bone’s flexibility & strength
BONE FORMATION • SKELETON IS FORMED BY: • CARTILAGE & BONE • 2 OF STRONGEST, MOST SUPPORTIVE TISSUES IN THE BODY • EMBRYONIC: • HYALINE CARTILAGE REPLACED BY BONE • CARTILAGE: • REMAINS IN ISOLATED AREAS (NOSE, RIBS, JOINTS)
OSSIFICATION • 2 MAJOR PHASES: • HYALINE MODEL IS COVERED W/ BONE MATRIX BY BONE FORMING CELLS-OSTEOBLASTS • HYALINE CARTILAGE MODEL IS “DIGESTED” AWAY; MEDULLARY CAVITY OPENS W/IN NEWLY FORMED BONE
CARTILAGE • BY BIRTH MOST HYALINE CARTILAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BONE EXCEPT: • ARTICULAR CARTILAGE (ENDS OF BONES) • EPIPHYSEAL PLATES (COVER ENDS OF BONES)
BONE GROWTH • BONES MUST WIDEN AS THEY LENGTHEN -> HOW?(pg. 122) • APPOSITIONAL GROWTH • CONTROLLED BY HORMONES
BONE REMODELING • IN RESPONSE TO 2 FACTORS: • CALCIUM LEVELS IN BLOOD • PULL OF GRAVITY & MUSCLES ON THE SKELETON
BONE REMODELING ESSENTIAL IF BONES ARE TO RETAIN NORMAL PROPORTIONS & STRENGTH … …ASSOCIATED WITH Ca LEVELS IN THE BLOOD AND PARATHYROID HORMONE (INCREASE OR DECREASE Ca ions IN THE BLOOD) SEE/READ PG. 122
BONE FRACTURES • BREAKS IN THE BONE RESULTING FROM EXCEPTIONAL TRAUMA THAT TWISTS/SMASHES THE BONES • CLOSED (SIMPLE)-break does not penetrate the skin • OPEN (COMPOUND)-broken bone ends penetrate the skin
BONE FRACTURES • REDUCTION-realignment of the broken bone ends • CLOSED-bone ends are “coaxed” back into position by a Dr. • OPEN-surgery is performed
BONE FRACTURES 4 MAJOR EVENTS TO REPAIR A BONE FRACTURE pg. 124 A HEMATOMA IS FORMED BREAK IS SPLINTED BY A FIBROCARTILAGE CALLUS BONY CALLUS IS FORMED PERMANENT “PATCH” AT FRACTURE SITE
SECTION 2 Axial skeleton
AXIAL SKELETON • FORMS LONGITUDINAL AXIS • 3 PARTS: • SKULL • VERTEBRAL COLUMN • BONY THORAX
AXIAL SKELETON SKULL VERTEBRAL COLUMN BONY THORAX
SKULL FORMED BY 2 SETS OF BONES CRANIUM - Protects the brain FACIAL BONES - Hold the eyes in anterior position/allow facial muscles to function SUTURES – interlocking, immovable joints
CRANIUM • COMPOSED OF 8 LARGE, FLAT BONES • ALL SINGLE BONES, EXCEPT FOR 2 (PARIETAL & TEMPORAL ARE PAIRED) • FRONTAL BONE-forms forehead, projection below eyebrow, superior eye orbital • PARIETAL BONE-superior & lateral walls of the cranium
CRANIUM • TEMPORAL BONES – lie inferior to parietal bones; markings: • External auditory meatus • Styloid process pg • Zygomatic process 126 • Mastoid process • Jugular foramen • Carotid canal
CRANIUM • OCCIPITAL BONES-most posterior bone; forms the floor & back wall • FORAMEN MAGNUM-allows spinal cord to connect to the brain
CRANIUM 5. SPHENOID BONE-spans the width of the skull/forms part of the floor of the cranial cavity 6. ETHMOID BONE-forms the roof of the nasal cavity & part of the orbits
FACIAL BONES 14 BONES; 12 PAIRED; MANDIBLE & VOMER ARE SINGLE • MAXILLAE (paired) • PALATINE BONES (paired) • ZYGOMATIC BONES (paired) • LACRIMAL BONES (paired) • NASAL BONES (paired)
FACIAL BONES 6. VOMER (single bone) 7. INFERIOR CONCHAE (paired) 8. MANDIBLE (single bone)
HYOID BONE NOT A PART OF THE SKULL ONLY BONE THAT DOES NOT ARTICULATE W/ ANOTHER BONE SUSPENDED MID-NECK SERVES AS A MOVABLE BASE FOR THE TONGUE & ATTACHMENT POINT FOR NECK MUSCLES
FETAL SKULL ¼ OF BODY LENGTH (ADULT 1/8) BONES ARE NOT FORMED – HYALINE CARTILAGE FONTANELS-FIBROUS MEMBRANES THAT CONNECT CRANIAL BONES (SOFT SPOTS) 22-24 mos. = BONE
VERTEBRAL COLUMN AXIAL SUPPORT OF THE BODY EXTENDS FROM THE SKULL TO PELVIS BODY WT. IS TRANSMITTED TO LOWER LIMBS 26 IRREGULAR BONES/REINFORCED W/ LIGAMENTS SPINAL CORDS RUNS THROUGH CENTRAL CAVITY
VERTEBRAL COLUMN • PRE-BIRTH=33 SEPARATE VERTEBRAE • 2 FUSED FORM SACRUM & COCCYX • ADULT=24 VERTEBRAE • 7 CERVICAL (NECK) • 12 THORACIC (MIDDLE) • 5 LUMBAR (LOWER BACK)
VERTEBRAL COLUMN • INTEVERTEBRAL DISCS– SEPARATE EACH VERTEBRAE; CUSHION/SHOCK ABSORB • AGING OF DISCS: • YOUNG = 90% WATER/SPONGY/COMPRESSIBLE • OLDER= WATER CONTENT , BECOME HARDER/LESS COMPRESSIBLE
VERTEBRAL COLUMN • HERNIATED DISCS: • DRYING OF DISCS • WEAKENING OF LIGAMENTS • PROTRUDING DISC PRESSES ON SPINAL NERVES->PAIN/NUMBNESS
VERTEBRAL COLUMN • CURVATURES: • PRIMARY-THORACIC & SACRAL REGIONS/ PRESENT @ BIRTH • SECONDARY: OCCUR WHEN WE: • CERVICAL – BABY RAISES H/HER HEAD • LUMBAR – BEGIN TO WALK
VERTEBRAL COLUMN • ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURES: • SCOLIOSIS • KYPHOSIS PAGE 132 • LORDOSIS MAY BE CONGENITAL OR RESULT FROM POOR POSTURE, DISEASE, UNEQUAL MUSCLE TONE/PULL