Bone/Skeletal System

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What is the second step in bone remodeling cycle?

Active osteoclasts

Where is spongy bone located?

Along the epiphyses of long bones and sites of red blood cell formation

What are the effects of aging on bones?

Loss of calcium, salt, collagen Bone weakening Reduction in collagen

What is the third step in bone remodeling cycle?

Mononuclear cells

What are the two types of bone?

Compact Spongy

What are mature bone cells?

Osteocytes

What is the sixth step in bone remodeling cycle?

Osteocytes

What is the production of new bone cells referred to as?

Osteogenesis

What hormone is release early in bone remodeling cycle?

PTH

What is the outside membrane of bone?

Periosteum

What are the two types of membranes of bone?

Periosteum Endosteum

What is the fourth step in bone remodeling cycle?

Pre-osteoblasts

What is the first step in bone remodeling cycle?

Pre-osteoclasts

What are the two types of marrow?

Red Yellow

What does red bone marrow produce?

Red blood cells Platelets White blood cells

What are the functions of bone?

Framework for body Protect delicate structure Creates levers to produce force Stores calcium Produces blood cells

How do osteoclasts dissolve bone?

Secretes enzymes and acids

Where is compact bone located?

Shaft of long bones

What does yellow bone marrow produce?

Stem cells Cartilage Fat Bone

What are the effects of aging on joints?

Thinning cartilage Decreased flexibility

Bones will respond due to the forces placed on it is know as?

Wolf's law

What hormone is release later in the bone remodeling cycle?

Calcitonin

What do osteoclasts release back into the blood stream?

Calcium

What is the long part of the bone called?

Diaphysis

What is the inside membrane of bone?

Endosteum

What is the conversion of cartilage to bone?

Ossification

What bone cells produce new bone cells?

Osteoblasts

What is the fifth step in bone remodeling cycle?

Osteoblasts

What bone cells dissolves bone?

Osteoclasts


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