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PoHS / GKC #1 / Unit 5

Stuff to know for the next class :

  • 5 Main Functions of the Bone

  • 3 Factors that can Contribute to Bone Loss

  • Identify a Flat Bone

  • Labeling a Long Bone: Anatomy of a Long Bone

  • Identifying the organ responsible for the production of RBC, and the hormone it secretes

  • The ossification process

    THE IMPORTANT STUFF

The Basic Functions of the Skeletal System.

  1. Framework of support

  2. Protection

  3. Levers for movement

  4. Production of blood cells

  5. Storage

Factors that can Contribute to Bone Loss

  1. Cartilage is getting replaced with bones

  2. Decreased physical activity, and metabolic changes

  3. Changing bone shape

Ossification process

  1. Osteoclasts break down bone

  2. Osteoblasts build up the bone

  3. Osteocytes makes bone better.

  4. Repeat

    THYROID :: BLAST

    PARATHYROID :: CLAST

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PoHS / GKC #1 / Unit 5

Stuff to know for the next class :

  • 5 Main Functions of the Bone

  • 3 Factors that can Contribute to Bone Loss

  • Identify a Flat Bone

  • Labeling a Long Bone: Anatomy of a Long Bone

  • Identifying the organ responsible for the production of RBC, and the hormone it secretes

  • The ossification process

    THE IMPORTANT STUFF

The Basic Functions of the Skeletal System.

  1. Framework of support

  2. Protection

  3. Levers for movement

  4. Production of blood cells

  5. Storage

Factors that can Contribute to Bone Loss

  1. Cartilage is getting replaced with bones

  2. Decreased physical activity, and metabolic changes

  3. Changing bone shape

Ossification process

  1. Osteoclasts break down bone

  2. Osteoblasts build up the bone

  3. Osteocytes makes bone better.

  4. Repeat

    THYROID :: BLAST

    PARATHYROID :: CLAST