Warm-Up Activity: Fill in The Names of The Bones in The Skeleton Diagram
Warm-Up Activity: Fill in The Names of The Bones in The Skeleton Diagram
Warm-Up Activity: Fill in The Names of The Bones in The Skeleton Diagram
Stages:
• Begins at 8 weeks gestation
• Start as cartilage replaced by bone
• Post-natal bone growth early adulthood
• Epiphyseal plates: (growth plates) regions
where long bones lengthen
• Appositional growth: bones increase in
thickness
• Bone modeling and repair – lifelong
Formation of bony skeleton
Epiphyseal plates
Epiphyseal plates
Hormonal Control
• Growth hormones: stimulate longitudinal bone
growth
• Thyroid hormone: control activity of growth
hormone
• Testosterone & estrogens (at puberty):
• Adolescent growth spurt
• Close epiphyseal plates end growth
Bone Cells
• Osteoblasts: bone-forming cells
• Osteocytes: mature bone cell (doesn’t divide)
• Osteoclasts: dissolve/break down bone (bone
resorption)
Fractures (Breaks)
Classified by:
1.Position of bone – nondisplaced (normal) or
displaced (bone out of alignment)
2.Completeness of break – complete (broken
through) or incomplete
3.Orientation to long axis of bone – linear
(parallel to bone) or transverse (perpendicular to
bone)
4.If bone penetrates skin – open (compound)
fracture or closed (simple) fracture
Male vs. Female Bone Structure
Male vs. Female Bone Structure
Male vs. Female Bone Structure
Bone Structure: Gender Differences
• Male Skull • Male pelvic bones
▫ Larger and heavier ▫ Heavier and thicker
▫ Forehead shorter ▫ Obturator foramen
▫ Face less round and acetabula are
▫ Jaw larger larger and closer
▫ Mastoid processes together
more prominent
Bone Structure: Gender Differences
• Male pelvic cavity
▫ Narrower and longer
▫ Less roomy and more
funnel shaped
• Male sacrum
▫ Narrower
▫ Sacral promontory projects forward
▫ Sacral curvature is less sharp posteriorly
• Male coccyx
▫ Less movable
The Skull
• 2 bone types:
▫ Cranial – form the
top, sides, and back of
the skull
▫ Facial – form the face
“Soft spots” felt on an infant's skull are
actually fontanelles
Fibrous connective tissue that
connect the incompletely developed
flat bones
The Skull: Cranial Bones
• Frontal – anterior • Sphenoid and ethmoid
bones – floor
• Parietal – top and
most of the sides • Ear ossicles are the
smallest bones of the
• Occipital – back body
▫ Malleus
• Temporal – form the ▫ Incus
lower sides of the skull ▫ Stapes
The Skull (cont.)
• Mandible – forms the • Palatine – form the
lower jaw bone anterior portion of the
palate
• Maxillae – form the
upper jawbone • Vomer – a thin bone
that divides the nasal
• Zygomatic – form the cavity
prominence of the cheeks
• Sacrum
▫ Triangular-shaped bone 5 fused vertebrae
• Coccyx
▫ Small, triangular bone 3-5 fused vertebrae
▫ Considered unnecessary
▫ Also called the tailbone
Apply Your Knowledge
ANSWER:
Cervical – 7
Identify the sections
of the spinal column
and give the number Thoracic – 12
of vertebrae for each.
Sacrum –
Lumbar – 5
5 fused
Right! Coccyx –
3 to 5 fused
The Rib Cage
• Sternum
▫ Breastplate
▫ Forms the front middle
portion of the rib cage
▫ Joins with the clavicles
and most ribs
• Xyphoid process
▫ Cartilage tip in youth
▫ Ossified by age 40
The Rib Cage (cont.)
ANSWER:
True or False:
T The sternum forms the front middle portion of the rib cage.
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• Scoliosis – an abnormal
S-shaped curvature of the spine