BONEJOUR!

An Introduction to the Skeletal System

Introduction
The skeletal system gives the body its shape,
allows movement, produces blood cells, stores
minerals, and protects our organs

DID YOU KNOW?

A baby is usually born with 270-300
bones while a fully grown adult
has 206-213 bones
 Bone Structure
Skeletal System Spongey Bone
Internal Bone Layer
Cortical Bone
External Bone Layer
Red Bone Marrow
Produces blood cells

Bone Shapes Bone Groups Yellow Bone Marrow

Stores energy as fat

Irregular Bones
Flat Bones Axial Bones Appendicular
Provides support and Bones
foundational structure to Bones that help us move
around.

Short Bones
other bones.

Internal Bone Structure

Skull Limb Bones
Long Bones
Central Canal
Vertebral Joints Holds nerves and blood
vessels.
column
Pelvis
Thoracic Lamellae
Cage Regions Shoulder Filled with collagen fibers that
run in the same directions.
Osteons
Helps resist torsion stress. Basic structural unit of
Blades the bone.

Types of Osteocytes Lacunae

Houses osteocytes (mature
bone cells that monitor and
maintain your bone matrix)

Osteoblasts
Bone makers
They come in once osteoclasts signals that
they're about to self-destruct.

Osteoclasts
Bone breakers

Resorption Apoptosis
Breaks down calcium
phosphate Self-destruct
 Humerus
DISEASE:
Osteonecrosis
(AKA Avascular necrosis, Aseptic necrosis, and Ischemic necrosis of bone)

Where: It often develops at the ends of long bones.

When: It happens when bone’s blood flow is

disrupted, depriving bone tissue of essential
nutrients and oxygen.

Femur
What: It happens when bone’s blood flow is
disrupted, depriving bone tissue of essential
nutrients and oxygen.

TYPES: Traumatic and Non-traumatic

Risks that causes
Osteonecrosis
1. Injury
2. Medication
3. Excessive Alcohol and
Tobacco use
4. Medical Conditions
5. Medical Interventions
Treatment Options
Non-Surgical Surgical
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