2. Divided into two divisions
Axial skeleton
Appendicular skeleton
Parts of the skeletal system
Bones (skeleton)
Joints
Cartilages
Ligaments
The Skeletal System
3. Functions of the Bones
• Support of the body
• Protection of soft organs
• Movement due to attached skeletal
muscles
• Storage of minerals and fats
• Blood cell formation
4. • The adult skeleton has 206 bones
• Two basic types of osseous tissue
Compact bone
Is dense and looks smooth
Homogenous
Spongy bone
Small needle-like
pieces of bone
Many open spaces
Classification of Bones
6. Long bones
Typically longer than wide
Have a shaft with heads at both ends
Contain mostly compact bone
• Examples: Femur, humerus
Classification of Bones
7. Short bones
Generally cube-shape
Contain mostly spongy bone
• Examples: Carpals, tarsals
Classification of Bones
8. Flat bones
Thin and flattened
Usually curved
Thin layers of compact bone around a
layer of spongy bone
• Examples: Skull, ribs, sternum
Classification of Bones
9. Irregular bones
Irregular shape
Do not fit into other bone classification
categories
• Example: Vertebrae and hip
Classification of Bones
10. Gross Anatomy of a Long Bone
Diaphysis
Shaft
Composed of
compact bone
Epiphysis
Ends of the bone
Composed mostly of
spongy bone
11. Structures of a Long Bone
Periosteum
Outside covering of
the diaphysis
Fibrous connective
tissue membrane
Sharpey’s fibers
Secure periosteum to
underlying bone
Arteries
Supply bone cells
with nutrients
12. Articular cartilage
Covers the external
surface of the
epiphyses
Made of hyaline
cartilage
Decreases friction at
joint surfaces
Structures of a Long Bone
13. Medullary cavity
Cavity of the shaft
Contains yellow
marrow (mostly fat) in
adults
Contains red marrow
(for blood cell
formation) in infants
Structures of a Long Bone
14. Bone Markings
• Surface features of bones
• Sites of attachments for muscles, tendons,
and ligaments
• Passages for nerves and blood vessels
• Categories of bone markings
– Projections and processes – grow out
from the bone surface
– Depressions or cavities – indentations
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17. • Osteon (Haversian System)
– A unit of bone
• Central (Haversian) canal
– Opening in the center of an osteon
– Carries blood vessels and nerves
• Perforating (Volkman’s) canal
– Canal perpendicular to the central canal
– Carries blood vessels and nerves
Microscopic Anatomy of Bone
19. Microscopic Anatomy of Bone
• Lacunae
– Cavities containing
bone cells
(osteocytes)
– Arranged in
concentric rings
• Lamellae
– Rings around the
central canal
– Sites of lacunae
20. Microscopic Anatomy of Bone
• Canaliculi
– Tiny canals
– Radiate from the
central canal to
lacunae
– Form a transport
system
21. Bone Formation, Growth and
Remodeling
• In embryos, the skeleton is primarily hyaline
cartilage
• During development, much of this cartilage is
replaced by bone
• Cartilage remains in isolated areas
– Bridge of the nose
– Parts of ribs
– Joints
22. Bone Formation, Growth and
Remodeling
• Ossification
– is the process of bone formation
• It involves two major phases:
– First, the hyaline cartilage model is completely
covered with bone matrix by bone forming
cells called osteoblasts.
– Then, the enclosed hyaline cartilage model is
digested away, opening up a medullar cavity
within the newly formed bone.
24. How do bones widen?
• Osteoblasts in the periosteum add bone to the
external face of the diaphysis as osteoclasts
in the endosteum remove bone from the inner
face of the diaphysis wall.
• Appositional growth
- The process by which the bones increase
in diameter.
26. • Bones are remodelled continually in
response changes in two factors:
Calcium levels in the blood
The pull of gravity and muscles on the
skeleton.
27. • Osteocytes
– Mature bone cells
• Osteoblasts
– Bone-forming cells
• Osteoclasts
– Bone-destroying cells
– Break down bone matrix for remodeling and
release of calcium
• Bone remodeling is a process by both
osteoblasts and osteoclasts
Types of Bone Cells
28. • Is essential if bones are retain normal
proportions and strength during long-bone
growth as the body increases in size and
weight.
• Bones become thicker and form large
projections to increase their strength in
areas where bulky muscles are attached.
Bone Remodeling
29. • A break in a bone
• Types of bone fractures
Closed (simple) fracture- break that does
not penetrate the skin.
Open (compound) fracture- broken bone
penetrates through the skin
• Bone fractures are treated by reduction or
immobilization
Realignment of the bone
Bone Fractures
33. Hematoma (blood-filled swelling) is
formed.
Break is splinted by fibrocartilage to form
a callus.
Fibrocartilage callus is replaced by a
bony callus
Bony callus is remodeled to form a
permanent patch.
Repair of Bone Fractures
34. 3. The bony callus forms
As the more osteoblasts and osteoclasts
migrate into the area and multiply, the
fibrocartilage callus is gradually replaced by
one made of spongy bone the bony callus.
4. Bone remodeling occurs
Over the next few weeks or months, the bony
callus is remodeled in response to the
mechanical stressed placed on it and it forms
a strong permanent “patch” at the fracture
sight.
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36. Axial Skeleton
Forms the longitudinal axis of the body
Divided into three parts:
Skull
Vertebral column
Bony thorax
37. The Skull
Two sets of bones
Cranium
Facial bones
Bones are joined by sutures
Only the mandible is attached by a freely
movable joint.
38. Cranium
The boxlike cranium is composed of eight
large flat bones.
Frontal Bone- forms the forehead, the bony
projections under the eyebrows and the
superior part of each eye’s orbit.
Parietal Bones- form most of the superior
and lateral walls of the cranium. They meet
in the midline of the skull at the sagittal
suture and form the coronal suture,
where they meet the frontal bone.
39. Cranium
Temporal Bone- it lies inferior to the parietal
bones; they join them at the squamous
sutures.
Occipital Bone- the most posterior part of the
cranium. It forms the floor and black wall of
the skull.
Sphenoid Bone- the butterfly-shaped
sphenoid bone spans the width of the skull
and forms part of the floor of the cranial cavity.
40. Cranium
Ethmoid Bone- is very irregularly shaped and
lies anterior to the sphenoid. It forms the roof
of the nasal cavity and part of the medial walls
of the orbits.