Bone

Rigid organs of the skeleton of vertebrates

For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation). "Bones" redirects here. For other uses, see Bones (disambiguation).

Bone

A bone dating from the Pleistocene Ice Age of an extinct species of elephant

A scanning electronic micrograph of bone at 10,000× magnification

Identifiers
MeSH| D001842
TA98| A02.0.00.000
TA2| 366, 377
TH| H3.01.00.0.00001
FMA| 5018
Anatomical terminology

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A bone is a rigid organ[1] that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, and enable mobility. Bones come in a variety of shapes and sizes and have complex internal and external structures.[2] They are lightweight yet strong and hard and serve multiple functions.[citation needed]

Bone tissue (osseous tissue), which is also called bone in the uncountable sense of that word, is hard tissue, a type of specialised connective tissue.[3] It has a honeycomb-like matrix internally, which helps to give the bone rigidity. Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralisation of bone; osteoclasts are involved in the resorption of bone tissue. Modified (flattened) osteoblasts become the lining cells that form a protective layer on the bone surface. The mineralised matrix of bone tissue has an organic component of mainly collagen called ossein and an inorganic component of bone mineral made up of various salts. Bone tissue is mineralized tissue of two types, cortical bone and cancellous bone. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow, endosteum, periosteum, nerves, blood vessels, and cartilage.

In the human body at birth, approximately 300 bones are present. Many of these fuse together during development, leaving a total of 206 separate bones in the adult, not counting numerous small sesamoid bones.[4][5] The largest bone in the body is the femur or thigh-bone, and the smallest is the stapes in the middle ear.

The Ancient Greek word for bone is ὀστέον ("osteon"), hence the many terms that use it as a prefix—such as osteopathy. In anatomical terminology, including the Terminologia Anatomica international standard, the word for a bone is os (for example, os breve, os longum, os sesamoideum).

## Structure

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Bone is not uniformly solid, but consists of a flexible matrix (about 30%) and bound minerals (about 70%), which are intricately woven and continuously remodeled by a group of specialized bone cells. Their unique composition and design allows bones to be relatively hard and strong, while remaining lightweight.

Bone matrix is 90 to 95% composed of elastic collagen fibers, also known as ossein,[6] and the remainder is ground substance.[7] The elasticity of collagen improves fracture resistance.[8] The matrix is hardened by the binding of inorganic mineral salt, calcium phosphate, in a chemical arrangement known as bone mineral, a form of calcium apatite.[9][10] It is the mineralization that gives bones rigidity.

Bone is actively constructed and remodeled throughout life by specialized bone cells known as osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Within any single bone, the tissue is woven into two main patterns: cortical and cancellous bone, each with a distinct appearance and characteristics.

### Cortex

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Cross-section details of a long bone

The hard outer layer of bones is composed of cortical bone, which is also called compact bone as it is much denser than cancellous bone. It forms the hard exterior (cortex) of bones. The cortical bone gives bone its smooth, white, and solid appearance, and accounts for 80% of the total bone mass of an adult human skeleton.[11] It facilitates bone's main functions—to support the whole body, to protect organs, to provide levers for movement, and to store and release chemical elements, mainly calcium. It consists of multiple microscopic columns, each called an osteon or Haversian system. Each column is multiple layers of osteoblasts and osteocytes around a central canal called the osteonic canal. Volkmann's canals at right angles connect the osteons together. The columns are metabolically active, and as bone is reabsorbed and created the nature and location of the cells within the osteon will change. Cortical bone is covered by a periosteum on its outer surface, and an endosteum on its inner surface. The endosteum is the boundary between the cortical bone and the cancellous bone.[12] The primary anatomical and functional unit of cortical bone is the osteon.

### Trabeculae

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Further information: Trabecula § Bone trabecula

Micrograph of cancellous bone

Cancellous bone or spongy bone,[13][12] also known as trabecular bone, is the internal tissue of the skeletal bone and is an open cell porous network that follows the material properties of biofoams.[14][15] Cancellous bone has a higher surface-area-to-volume ratio than cortical bone and it is less dense. This makes it weaker and more flexible. The greater surface area also makes it suitable for metabolic activities such as the exchange of calcium ions. Cancellous bone is typically found at the ends of long bones, near joints, and in the interior of vertebrae. Cancellous bone is highly vascular and often contains red bone marrow where hematopoiesis, the production of blood cells, occurs. The primary anatomical and functional unit of cancellous bone is the trabecula. The trabeculae are aligned towards the mechanical load distribution that a bone experiences within long bones such as the femur. As far as short bones are concerned, trabecular alignment has been studied in the vertebral pedicle.[16] Thin formations of osteoblasts covered in endosteum create an irregular network of spaces,[17] known as trabeculae. Within these spaces are bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells that give rise to platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.[17] Trabecular marrow is composed of a network of rod- and plate-like elements that make the overall organ lighter and allow room for blood vessels and marrow. Trabecular bone accounts for the remaining 20% of total bone mass but has nearly ten times the surface area of compact bone.[18]

The words cancellous and trabecular refer to the tiny lattice-shaped units (trabeculae) that form the tissue. It was first illustrated accurately in the engravings of Crisóstomo Martinez.[19]

### Marrow

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Bone marrow, also known as myeloid tissue in red bone marrow, can be found in almost any bone that holds cancellous tissue. In newborns, all such bones are filled exclusively with red marrow or hematopoietic marrow, but as the child ages the hematopoietic fraction decreases in quantity and the fatty/ yellow fraction called marrow adipose tissue (MAT) increases in quantity. In adults, red marrow is mostly found in the bone marrow of the femur, the ribs, the vertebrae and pelvic bones.[20]

### Vascular supply

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Bone receives about 10% of cardiac output.[21] Blood enters the endosteum, flows through the marrow, and exits through small vessels in the cortex.[21] In humans, blood oxygen tension in bone marrow is about 6.6%, compared to about 12% in arterial blood, and 5% in venous and capillary blood.[21]

### Cells

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Bone cells

Bone is metabolically active tissue composed of several types of cells. These cells include osteoblasts, which are involved in the creation and mineralization of bone tissue, osteocytes, and osteoclasts, which are involved in the reabsorption of bone tissue. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are derived from osteoprogenitor cells, but osteoclasts are derived from the same cells that differentiate to form macrophages and monocytes.[22] Within the marrow of the bone there are also hematopoietic stem cells. These cells give rise to other cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.[23]

#### Osteoblast

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Light micrograph of decalcified cancellous bone tissue displaying osteoblasts actively synthesizing osteoid, containing two osteocytes.

Osteoblasts are mononucleate bone-forming cells. They are located on the surface of osteon seams and make a protein mixture known as osteoid, which mineralizes to become bone.[24] The osteoid seam is a narrow region of a newly formed organic matrix, not yet mineralized, located on the surface of a bone. Osteoid is primarily composed of Type I collagen. Osteoblasts also manufacture hormones, such as prostaglandins, to act on the bone itself. The osteoblast creates and repairs new bone by actually building around itself. First, the osteoblast puts up collagen fibers. These collagen fibers are used as a framework for the osteoblasts' work. The osteoblast then deposits calcium phosphate which is hardened by hydroxide and bicarbonate ions. The brand-new bone created by the osteoblast is called osteoid.[25] Once the osteoblast is finished working it is actually trapped inside the bone once it hardens. When the osteoblast becomes trapped, it becomes known as an osteocyte. Other osteoblasts remain on the top of the new bone and are used to protect the underlying bone, these become known as bone lining cells.[26]

#### Osteocyte

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Osteocytes are cells of mesenchymal origin and originate from osteoblasts that have migrated into and become trapped and surrounded by a bone matrix that they themselves produced.[12] The spaces the cell body of osteocytes occupy within the mineralized collagen type I matrix are known as lacunae, while the osteocyte cell processes occupy channels called canaliculi. The many processes of osteocytes reach out to meet osteoblasts, osteoclasts, bone lining cells, and other osteocytes probably for the purposes of communication.[27] Osteocytes remain in contact with other osteocytes in the bone through gap junctions—coupled cell processes which pass through the canalicular channels.

#### Osteoclast

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Osteoclasts are very large multinucleate cells that are responsible for the breakdown of bones by the process of bone resorption. New bone is then formed by the osteoblasts. Bone is constantly remodeled by the resorption of osteoclasts and created by osteoblasts.[22] Osteoclasts are large cells with multiple nuclei located on bone surfaces in what are called Howship's lacunae (or resorption pits). These lacunae are the result of surrounding bone tissue that has been reabsorbed.[28] Because the osteoclasts are derived from a monocyte stem-cell lineage, they are equipped with phagocytic-like mechanisms similar to circulating macrophages.[22] Osteoclasts mature and/or migrate to discrete bone surfaces. Upon arrival, active enzymes, such as tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, are secreted against the mineral substrate.[citation needed] The reabsorption of bone by osteoclasts also plays a role in calcium homeostasis.[28]

### Composition

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Main article: Extracellular matrix

Bones consist of living cells (osteoblasts and osteocytes) embedded in a mineralized organic matrix. The primary inorganic component of human bone is hydroxyapatite, the dominant bone mineral, having the nominal composition of Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2.[29] The organic components of this matrix consist mainly of type I collagen—"organic" referring to materials produced as a result of the human body—and inorganic components, which alongside the dominant hydroxyapatite phase, include other compounds of calcium and phosphate including salts. Approximately 30% of the acellular component of bone consists of organic matter, while roughly 70% by mass is attributed to the inorganic phase.[30] The collagen fibers give bone its tensile strength, and the interspersed crystals of hydroxyapatite give bone its compressive strength. These effects are synergistic.[30] The exact composition of the matrix may be subject to change over time due to nutrition and biomineralization, with the ratio of calcium to phosphate varying between 1.3 and 2.0 (per weight), and trace minerals such as magnesium, sodium, potassium and carbonate also be found.[30]

Type I collagen composes 90–95% of the organic matrix, with the remainder of the matrix being a homogenous liquid called ground substance consisting of proteoglycans such as hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate,[30] as well as non-collagenous proteins such as osteocalcin, osteopontin or bone sialoprotein. Collagen consists of strands of repeating units, which give bone tensile strength, and are arranged in an overlapping fashion that prevents shear stress. The function of ground substance is not fully known.[30] Two types of bone can be identified microscopically according to the arrangement of collagen: woven and lamellar.

* Woven bone (also known as fibrous bone), which is characterized by a haphazard organization of collagen fibers and is mechanically weak.[31]
* Lamellar bone, which has a regular parallel alignment of collagen into sheets ("lamellae") and is mechanically strong.[15][31]

Transmission electron micrograph of decalcified woven bone matrix displaying characteristic irregular orientation of collagen fibers

Woven bone is produced when osteoblasts produce osteoid rapidly, which occurs initially in all fetal bones, but is later replaced by more resilient lamellar bone. In adults, woven bone is created after fractures or in Paget's disease. Woven bone is weaker, with a smaller number of randomly oriented collagen fibers, but forms quickly; it is for this appearance of the fibrous matrix that the bone is termed woven. It is soon replaced by lamellar bone, which is highly organized in concentric sheets with a much lower proportion of osteocytes to surrounding tissue. Lamellar bone, which makes its first appearance in humans in the fetus during the third trimester,[32] is stronger and filled with many collagen fibers parallel to other fibers in the same layer (these parallel columns are called osteons). In cross-section, the fibers run in opposite directions in alternating layers, much like in plywood, assisting in the bone's ability to resist torsion forces. After a fracture, woven bone forms initially and is gradually replaced by lamellar bone during a process known as "bony substitution". Compared to woven bone, lamellar bone formation takes place more slowly. The orderly deposition of collagen fibers restricts the formation of osteoid to about 1 to 2 μm per day. Lamellar bone also requires a relatively flat surface to lay the collagen fibers in parallel or concentric layers.[33]

#### Deposition

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The extracellular matrix of bone is laid down by osteoblasts, which secrete both collagen and ground substance. These cells synthesise collagen alpha polypeptide chains and then secrete collagen molecules. The collagen molecules associate with their neighbors and crosslink via lysyl oxidase to form collagen fibrils. At this stage, they are not yet mineralized, and this zone of unmineralized collagen fibrils is called "osteoid". Around and inside collagen fibrils calcium and phosphate eventually precipitate within days to weeks becoming then fully mineralized bone with an overall carbonate substituted hydroxyapatite inorganic phase.[34][30]

In order to mineralise the bone, the osteoblasts secrete alkaline phosphatase, some of which is carried by vesicles. This cleaves the inhibitory pyrophosphate and simultaneously generates free phosphate ions for mineralization, acting as the foci for calcium and phosphate deposition. Vesicles may initiate some of the early mineralization events by rupturing and acting as a centre for crystals to grow on. Bone mineral may be formed from globular and plate structures, and via initially amorphous phases.[35][36]

## Types

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Structure of a long bone One way to classify bones is by their shape or appearance.

Five types of bones are found in the human body: long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid.[37]

* Skeletal System of Human BodyLong bones are characterized by a shaft, the diaphysis, that is much longer than its width; and by an epiphysis, a rounded head at each end of the shaft. They are made up mostly of compact bone, with lesser amounts of marrow, located within the medullary cavity, and areas of spongy, cancellous bone at the ends of the bones.[38] Most bones of the limbs, including those of the fingers and toes, are long bones. The exceptions are the eight carpal bones of the wrist, the seven articulating tarsal bones of the ankle and the sesamoid bone of the kneecap. Long bones such as the clavicle, that have a differently shaped shaft or ends are also called modified long bones.
* Short bones are roughly cube-shaped, and have only a thin layer of compact bone surrounding a spongy interior. Short bones provide stability and support as well as some limited motion.[39] The bones of the wrist and ankle are short bones.
* Flat bones are thin and generally curved, with two parallel layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone. Most of the bones of the skull are flat bones, as is the sternum.[40]
* Sesamoid bones are bones embedded in tendons. Since they act to hold the tendon further away from the joint, the angle of the tendon is increased and thus the leverage of the muscle is increased. Examples of sesamoid bones are the patella and the pisiform.[41]
* Irregular bones do not fit into the above categories. They consist of thin layers of compact bone surrounding a spongy interior. As implied by the name, their shapes are irregular and complicated. Often this irregular shape is due to their many centers of ossification or because they contain bony sinuses. The bones of the spine, pelvis, and some bones of the skull are irregular bones. Examples include the ethmoid and sphenoid bones.[42]

## Terminology

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Main article: Anatomical terms of bone

In the study of anatomy, anatomists use a number of anatomical terms to describe the appearance, shape and function of bones. Other anatomical terms are also used to describe the location of bones. Like other anatomical terms, many of these derive from Latin and Greek. Some anatomists still use Latin to refer to bones. The term "osseous", and the prefix "osteo-", referring to things related to bone, are still used commonly today.

Some examples of terms used to describe bones include the term "foramen" to describe a hole through which something passes, and a "canal" or "meatus" to describe a tunnel-like structure. A protrusion from a bone can be called a number of terms, including a "condyle", "crest", "spine", "eminence", "tubercle" or "tuberosity", depending on the protrusion's shape and location. In general, long bones are said to have a "head", "neck", and "body".

When two bones join, they are said to "articulate". If the two bones have a fibrous connection and are relatively immobile, then the joint is called a "suture".

## Development

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Endochondral ossification Light micrograph of a section through a juvenile knee joint (rat) showing the cartilagineous growth plates

The formation of bone is called ossification. During the fetal stage of development this occurs by two processes: intramembranous ossification and endochondral ossification.[43] Intramembranous ossification involves the formation of bone from connective tissue whereas endochondral ossification involves the formation of bone from cartilage.

Intramembranous ossification mainly occurs during formation of the flat bones of the skull but also the mandible, maxilla, and clavicles; the bone is formed from connective tissue such as mesenchyme tissue rather than from cartilage. The process includes: the development of the ossification center, calcification, trabeculae formation and the development of the periosteum.[44]

Endochondral ossification occurs in long bones and most other bones in the body; it involves the development of bone from cartilage. This process includes the development of a cartilage model, its growth and development, development of the primary and secondary ossification centers, and the formation of articular cartilage and the epiphyseal plates.[45]

Endochondral ossification begins with points in the cartilage called "primary ossification centers". They mostly appear during fetal development, though a few short bones begin their primary ossification after birth. They are responsible for the formation of the diaphyses of long bones, short bones and certain parts of irregular bones. Secondary ossification occurs after birth and forms the epiphyses of long bones and the extremities of irregular and flat bones. The diaphysis and both epiphyses of a long bone are separated by a growing zone of cartilage (the epiphyseal plate). At skeletal maturity (18 to 25 years of age), all of the cartilage is replaced by bone, fusing the diaphysis and both epiphyses together (epiphyseal closure).[46] In the upper limbs, only the diaphyses of the long bones and scapula are ossified. The epiphyses, carpal bones, coracoid process, medial border of the scapula, and acromion are still cartilaginous.[47]

The following steps are followed in the conversion of cartilage to bone:

1. Zone of reserve cartilage. This region, farthest from the marrow cavity, consists of typical hyaline cartilage that as yet shows no sign of transforming into bone.[48]
2. Zone of cell proliferation. A little closer to the marrow cavity, chondrocytes multiply and arrange themselves into longitudinal columns of flattened lacunae.[48]
3. Zone of cell hypertrophy. Next, the chondrocytes cease to divide and begin to hypertrophy (enlarge), much like they do in the primary ossification center of the fetus. The walls of the matrix between lacunae become very thin.[48]
4. Zone of calcification. Minerals are deposited in the matrix between the columns of lacunae and calcify the cartilage. These are not the permanent mineral deposits of bone, but only a temporary support for the cartilage that would otherwise soon be weakened by the breakdown of the enlarged lacunae.[48]
5. Zone of bone deposition. Within each column, the walls between the lacunae break down and the chondrocytes die. This converts each column into a longitudinal channel, which is immediately invaded by blood vessels and marrow from the marrow cavity. Osteoblasts line up along the walls of these channels and begin depositing concentric lamellae of matrix, while osteoclasts dissolve the temporarily calcified cartilage.[48]

Bone development in youth is extremely important in preventing future complications of the skeletal system. Regular exercise during childhood and adolescence can help improve bone architecture, making bones more resilient and less prone to fractures in adulthood. Physical activity, specifically resistance training, stimulates growth of bones by increasing both bone density and strength. Studies have shown a positive correlation between the adaptations of resistance training and bone density.[49] While nutritional and pharmacological approaches may also improve bone health, the strength and balance adaptations from resistance training are a substantial added benefit.[49] Weight-bearing exercise may assist in osteoblast (bone-forming cells) formation and help to increase bone mineral content. High-impact sports, which involve quick changes in direction, jumping, and running, are particularly effective with stimulating bone growth in the youth.[50] Sports such as soccer, basketball, and tennis have shown to have positive effects on bone mineral density as well as bone mineral content in teenagers.[50] Engaging in physical activity during childhood years, particularly in these high-impact osteogenic sports, can help to positively influence bone mineral density in adulthood.[51] Children and adolescents who participate in regular physical activity will place the groundwork for bone health later in life, reducing the risk of bone-related conditions such as osteoporosis.[51]

## Functions

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Functions of bone

Mechanical

* Protection
* Gives structure
* Facilitates movement
* Facilitates hearing

Synthetic

* Contains bone marrow

Metabolic

* Stores calcium
* Helps regulate the acid-base balance

Bones have a variety of functions:

### Mechanical

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See also: Skeleton, Human skeleton, and List of bones of the human skeleton

Bones serve a variety of mechanical functions. Together the bones in the body form the skeleton. They provide a frame to keep the body supported, and an attachment point for skeletal muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints, which function together to generate and transfer forces so that individual body parts or the whole body can be manipulated in three-dimensional space (the interaction between bone and muscle is studied in biomechanics).

Bones protect internal organs, such as the skull protecting the brain or the ribs protecting the heart and lungs. Because of the way that bone is formed, bone has a high compressive strength of about 170 MPa (1,700 kgf/cm2),[8] poor tensile strength of 104–121 MPa, and a very low shear stress strength (51.6 MPa).[52][53] This means that bone resists pushing (compressional) stress well, resist pulling (tensional) stress less well, but only poorly resists shear stress (such as due to torsional loads). While bone is essentially brittle, bone does have a significant degree of elasticity, contributed chiefly by collagen.

Mechanically, bones also have a special role in hearing. The ossicles are three small bones in the middle ear which are involved in sound transduction.

### Synthetic

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The cancellous part of bones contain bone marrow. Bone marrow produces blood cells in a process called hematopoiesis.[54] Blood cells that are created in bone marrow include red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells.[55] Progenitor cells such as the hematopoietic stem cell divide in a process called mitosis to produce precursor cells. These include precursors which eventually give rise to white blood cells, and erythroblasts which give rise to red blood cells.[56] Unlike red and white blood cells, created by mitosis, platelets are shed from very large cells called megakaryocytes.[57] This process of progressive differentiation occurs within the bone marrow. After the cells are matured, they enter the circulation.[58] Every day, over 2.5 billion red blood cells and platelets, and 50–100 billion granulocytes are produced in this way.[23]

As well as creating cells, bone marrow is also one of the major sites where defective or aged red blood cells are destroyed.[23]

### Metabolic

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* Mineral storage – bones act as reserves of minerals important for the body, most notably calcium and phosphorus.[59][60][61]

Determined by the species, age, and the type of bone, bone cells make up to 15 percent of the bone. Growth factor storage—mineralized bone matrix stores important growth factors such as insulin-like growth factors, transforming growth factor, bone morphogenetic proteins and others.[62]

* Fat storage – marrow adipose tissue (MAT) acts as a storage reserve of fatty acids.[63]
* Acid-base balance – bone buffers the blood against excessive pH changes by absorbing or releasing alkaline salts.[64]
* Detoxification – bone tissues can also store heavy metals and other foreign elements, removing them from the blood and reducing their effects on other tissues. These can later be gradually released for excretion.[65]
* Endocrine organ – bone controls phosphate metabolism by releasing fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), which acts on kidneys to reduce phosphate reabsorption. Bone cells also release a hormone called osteocalcin, which contributes to the regulation of blood sugar (glucose) and fat deposition. Osteocalcin increases both the insulin secretion and sensitivity, in addition to boosting the number of insulin-producing cells and reducing stores of fat.[66]
* Calcium balance – the process of bone resorption by the osteoclasts releases stored calcium into the systemic circulation and is an important process in regulating calcium balance. As bone formation actively fixes circulating calcium in its mineral form, removing it from the bloodstream, resorption actively unfixes it thereby increasing circulating calcium levels. These processes occur in tandem at site-specific locations.[67]

#### Calcium

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Strong bones during our youth is essential for preventing osteoporosis and bone fragility as we age. The importance of insuring factors that could influence increases in BMD while lowering our risks for further bone degradation is necessary during our childhood as these factors lead to a supportive and healthy lifestyle/bone health. Up till the age of 30, the bone stores that we have will ultimately start to decrease as we surpass this age. Influencing factors that can help us have larger stores and higher amounts of BMD will allow us to see less harmful results as we reach older adulthood.[68]

The issue of having fragile bones during our childhood leads to an increase in certain disorders and conditions such as juvenile osteoporosis, though it is less common to see, the necessity for a healthy routine especially when it comes to bone development is essential in our youth.[69] Children that naturally have lower bone mineral density have a lower quality of life and therefore lead a life that is less fulfilling and uncomfortable. Factors such as increases in Calcium intake has been shown to increase BMD stores. Studies have shown that increasing calcium stores whether that be through supplementation or intake via foods and beverages such as leafy greens and milk have pushed the notion that prepuberty or even early pubertal children will see increases in BMD with the addition of increase Calcium intake.[69]

Another research study goes on to show that long-term calcium intake has been proven to significantly contribute to overall BMD in children without certain conditions or disorders.[70] This data shows that ensuring adequate calcium intake in children reinforces the structure and rate at which bones will begin to densify. Further detailing how structuring a strong nutritional plan with adequate amounts of Calcium sources can lead to strong bones but also can be a worth-while strategy into preventing further damage or degradation of bone stores as we age.

The connection between Calcium intake & BMD and its effects on youth as a whole is a very world-wide issue and has been shown to affect different ethnicities in a variety of differing ways. In a recent study,[69] there was a strong correlation between calcium intake and BMD across a variety of diverse populations of children and adolescence ultimately coming to the conclusion that fundamentally, achieving optimal bone health is necessary for providing our youth with the ability to undergo hormonal changes as well. They found in a study of over 10,000 children ages 8–19 that in females, African Americans, and the 12–15 adolescent groups that at 2.6–2.8g/kg of body weight, they began to see a decrease in BMD. They elaborate on this by determining that this is strongly influenced by a lower baseline in calcium intake throughout puberty. Genetic factors have also been shown to influence lower acceptance of calcium stores.[69]

Ultimately, the window that youth have for accruing and building resilient bones is very minimal. Being able to consistently meet calcium needs while also engaging in weight-bearing exercise is essential for building a strong initial bone foundation at which to build upon. Being able to reach our daily value of 1300 mg for ages 9–18 [68] is becoming more and more necessary and as we progress in health, the chance that osteoporosis and other factors such as bone fragility or potential for stunted growth can be greatly reduced through these resources, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling and healthier lifestyle.

## Remodeling

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Main article: Bone remodeling

Bone is constantly being created and replaced in a process known as remodeling. This ongoing turnover of bone is a process of resorption followed by replacement of bone with little change in shape. This is accomplished through osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Cells are stimulated by a variety of signals, and together referred to as a remodeling unit. Approximately 10% of the skeletal mass of an adult is remodelled each year.[71] The purpose of remodeling is to regulate calcium homeostasis, repair microdamaged bones from everyday stress, and to shape the skeleton during growth.[72] Repeated stress, such as weight-bearing exercise or bone healing, results in the bone thickening at the points of maximum stress (Wolff's law). It has been hypothesized that this is a result of bone's piezoelectric properties, which cause bone to generate small electrical potentials under stress.[73]

The action of osteoblasts and osteoclasts are controlled by a number of chemical enzymes that either promote or inhibit the activity of the bone remodeling cells, controlling the rate at which bone is made, destroyed, or changed in shape. The cells also use paracrine signalling to control the activity of each other.[64][74] For example, the rate at which osteoclasts resorb bone is inhibited by calcitonin and osteoprotegerin. Calcitonin is produced by parafollicular cells in the thyroid gland, and can bind to receptors on osteoclasts to directly inhibit osteoclast activity. Osteoprotegerin is secreted by osteoblasts and is able to bind RANK-L, inhibiting osteoclast stimulation.[75]

Osteoblasts can also be stimulated to increase bone mass through increased secretion of osteoid and by inhibiting the ability of osteoclasts to break down osseous tissue.[citation needed] Increased secretion of osteoid is stimulated by the secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary, thyroid hormone and the sex hormones (estrogens and androgens). These hormones also promote increased secretion of osteoprotegerin.[75] Osteoblasts can also be induced to secrete a number of cytokines that promote reabsorption of bone by stimulating osteoclast activity and differentiation from progenitor cells. Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and stimulation from osteocytes induce osteoblasts to increase secretion of RANK-ligand and interleukin 6, which cytokines then stimulate increased reabsorption of bone by osteoclasts. These same compounds also increase secretion of macrophage colony-stimulating factor by osteoblasts, which promotes the differentiation of progenitor cells into osteoclasts, and decrease secretion of osteoprotegerin.[citation needed]

## Volume

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Bone volume is determined by the rates of bone formation and bone resorption. Certain growth factors may work to locally alter bone formation by increasing osteoblast activity. Numerous bone-derived growth factors have been isolated and classified via bone cultures. These factors include insulin-like growth factors I and II, transforming growth factor-beta, fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, and bone morphogenetic proteins.[76] Evidence suggests that bone cells produce growth factors for extracellular storage in the bone matrix. The release of these growth factors from the bone matrix could cause the proliferation of osteoblast precursors. Essentially, bone growth factors may act as potential determinants of local bone formation.[76] Cancellous bone volume in postmenopausal osteoporosis may be determined by the relationship between the total bone forming surface and the percent of surface resorption.[77]

## Clinical significance

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See also: Bone disease

A number of diseases can affect bone, including arthritis, fractures, infections, osteoporosis and tumors. Conditions relating to bone can be managed by a variety of doctors, including rheumatologists for joints, and orthopedic surgeons, who may conduct surgery to fix broken bones. Other doctors, such as rehabilitation specialists may be involved in recovery, radiologists in interpreting the findings on imaging, and pathologists in investigating the cause of the disease, and family doctors may play a role in preventing complications of bone disease such as osteoporosis.

When a doctor sees a patient, a history and exam will be taken. Bones are then often imaged, called radiography. This might include ultrasound X-ray, CT scan, MRI scan and other imaging such as a Bone scan, which may be used to investigate cancer.[78] Other tests such as a blood test for autoimmune markers may be taken, or a synovial fluid aspirate may be taken.[78]

### Fractures

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Radiography used to identify possible bone fractures after a knee injury

Main article: Bone fracture

In normal bone, fractures occur when there is significant force applied or repetitive trauma over a long time. Fractures can also occur when a bone is weakened, such as with osteoporosis, or when there is a structural problem, such as when the bone remodels excessively (such as Paget's disease) or is the site of the growth of cancer.[79] Common fractures include wrist fractures and hip fractures, associated with osteoporosis, vertebral fractures associated with high-energy trauma and cancer, and fractures of long-bones. Not all fractures are painful.[79] When serious, depending on the fractures type and location, complications may include flail chest, compartment syndromes or fat embolism. Compound fractures involve the bone's penetration through the skin. Some complex fractures can be treated by the use of bone grafting procedures that replace missing bone portions.

Fractures and their underlying causes can be investigated by X-rays, CT scans and MRIs.[79] Fractures are described by their location and shape, and several classification systems exist, depending on the location of the fracture. A common long bone fracture in children is a Salter–Harris fracture.[80] When fractures are managed, pain relief is often given, and the fractured area is often immobilised. This is to promote bone healing. In addition, surgical measures such as internal fixation may be used. Because of the immobilisation, people with fractures are often advised to undergo rehabilitation.[79]

### Tumors

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Main article: Bone tumor

Tumor that can affect bone in several ways. Examples of benign bone tumors include osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteochondroma, osteoblastoma, enchondroma, giant-cell tumor of bone, and aneurysmal bone cyst.[81]

### Cancer

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Main article: Bone metastases

Cancer can arise in bone tissue, and bones are also a common site for other cancers to spread (metastasise) to.[82] Cancers that arise in bone are called "primary" cancers, although such cancers are rare.[82] Metastases within bone are "secondary" cancers, with the most common being breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, and kidney cancer.[82] Secondary cancers that affect bone can either destroy bone (called a "lytic" cancer) or create bone (a "sclerotic" cancer). Cancers of the bone marrow inside the bone can also affect bone tissue, examples including leukemia and multiple myeloma. Bone may also be affected by cancers in other parts of the body. Cancers in other parts of the body may release parathyroid hormone or parathyroid hormone-related peptide. This increases bone reabsorption, and can lead to bone fractures.

Bone tissue that is destroyed or altered as a result of cancers is distorted, weakened, and more prone to fracture. This may lead to compression of the spinal cord, destruction of the marrow resulting in bruising, bleeding and immunosuppression, and is one cause of bone pain. If the cancer is metastatic, then there might be other symptoms depending on the site of the original cancer. Some bone cancers can also be felt.

Cancers of the bone are managed according to their type, their stage, prognosis, and what symptoms they cause. Many primary cancers of bone are treated with radiotherapy. Cancers of bone marrow may be treated with chemotherapy, and other forms of targeted therapy such as immunotherapy may be used.[83] Palliative care, which focuses on maximising a person's quality of life, may play a role in management, particularly if the likelihood of survival within five years is poor.

### Diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the insulin-producing pancreas cells causing the body to not make enough insulin.[84] In contrast type 2 diabetes in which the body creates enough Insulin, but becomes resistant to it over time.[84]

Children makeup approximately 85% of Type 1 Diabetes cases and in America there was an average 22% rise in cases[85] over the first 24 months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. With the increase of developing some form of diabetes across all ranges continually growing the health impacts on bone development and bone health in these populations are still being researched. Most evidence suggests that diabetes, either Type 1 and Type 2, inhibits osteoblastic activity[86] and causes both lower BMD and BMC in both adults and children. The weakening of these developmental aspects is thought to lead to an increased risk of developing many diseases such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, osteopenia and fractures.[87] Development of any of these diseases is thought to be correlated with a decrease in ability to perform in athletic environments and activities of daily living.

Focusing on therapies that target molecules like osteocalcin or AGEs could provide new ways to improve bone health and help manage the complications of diabetes more effectively.[88]

### Other painful conditions

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* Osteomyelitis is inflammation of the bone or bone marrow due to bacterial infection.[89]
* Osteomalacia is a painful softening of adult bone caused by severe vitamin D deficiency.[90]
* Osteogenesis imperfecta[91]
* Osteochondritis dissecans[92]
* Ankylosing spondylitis[93]
* Skeletal fluorosis is a bone disease caused by an excessive accumulation of fluoride in the bones. In advanced cases, skeletal fluorosis damages bones and joints and is painful.[94]

### Osteoporosis

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Main article: Osteoporosis

Reduced bone mineral density in Osteoporosis (R), increasing the likelihood of fractures

Osteoporosis is a disease of bone where there is reduced bone mineral density, increasing the likelihood of fractures.[95] Osteoporosis is defined in women by the World Health Organization as a bone mineral density of 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass, relative to the age and sex-matched average. This density is measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), with the term "established osteoporosis" including the presence of a fragility fracture.[96] Osteoporosis is most common in women after menopause, when it is called "postmenopausal osteoporosis", but may develop in men and premenopausal women in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of smoking and medications, specifically glucocorticoids.[95] Osteoporosis usually has no symptoms until a fracture occurs.[95] For this reason, DEXA scans are often done in people with one or more risk factors, who have developed osteoporosis and are at risk of fracture.[95]

One of the most important risk factors for osteoporosis is advanced age. Accumulation of oxidative DNA damage in osteoblastic and osteoclastic cells appears to be a key factor in age-related osteoporosis.[97]

Osteoporosis treatment includes advice to stop smoking, decrease alcohol consumption, exercise regularly, and have a healthy diet. Calcium and trace mineral supplements may also be advised, as may Vitamin D. When medication is used, it may include bisphosphonates, Strontium ranelate, and hormone replacement therapy.[98]

### Osteopathic medicine

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Main article: Osteopathic medicine in the United States

Osteopathic medicine is a school of medical thought that links the musculoskeletal system to overall health. As of 2012[update], over 77,000 physicians in the United States are trained in osteopathic medical schools.[99]

## Bone health

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Main article: Bone health

Bone health is vastly important all throughout life due to a number of reasons, some of those being, without strong healthy bones we are more at risk for different chronic diseases, and fractures as well as day-to-day function being more difficult with poor bone health. Developing strong bones as a child is one of the most important steps to having healthy bones all throughout life because this is when a strong foundation is built, which will make it much easier to maintain musculoskeletal health in later years. Adolescence offers a window to really develop bones in either a positive or negative way. It is estimated that diet and exercise during these years can impact peak bone mass as an adult nearly 20–40%.[100] One study done on children with developmental coordination disorder found an increase in bone mass up to 4% and 5% in the cortical areas of the tibia alone from a 13-week training period,[101] which is truly significant when considering how participants only participated in the multimodal workouts twice per week, and it would be reasonable to expect these increases to be greater if workouts were more frequent, especially in youth without developmental coordination disorder. Peak bone mass occurs between the second and third decade of most people's lives,[102] and with this being the case if we can really stockpile as much bone mass and increase our BMD and BMC by living healthy active lives, and having good diets that consume adequate calcium and vitamin D then we will truly have a leg up in our later lives as well as actively decreasing risks of certain chronic diseases such as osteoporosis.

## Osteology

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Human femurs and humerus from Roman period, with evidence of healed fractures

The study of bones and teeth is referred to as osteology. It is frequently used in anthropology, archeology and forensic science for a variety of tasks. This can include determining the nutritional, health, age or injury status of the individual the bones were taken from. Preparing fleshed bones for these types of studies can involve the process of maceration.

Typically anthropologists and archeologists study bone tools made by Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis. Bones can serve a number of uses such as projectile points or artistic pigments, and can also be made from external bones such as antlers.

## Other animals

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Main articles: Bird anatomy and Exoskeleton

Skeletal fluorosis in a cow's leg, due to industrial contamination Leg and pelvic girdle bones of bird

Bird skeletons are very lightweight. Their bones are smaller and thinner, to aid flight. Among mammals, bats come closest to birds in terms of bone density, suggesting that small dense bones are a flight adaptation. Many bird bones have little marrow due to them being hollow.[103]

A bird's beak is primarily made of bone as projections of the mandibles which are covered in keratin.

Some bones, primarily formed separately in subcutaneous tissues, include headgears (such as bony core of horns, antlers, ossicones), osteoderm, and os penis/os clitoris.[104] A deer's antlers are composed of bone which is an unusual example of bone being outside the skin of the animal once the velvet is shed.[105]

The extinct predatory fish Dunkleosteus had sharp edges of hard exposed bone along its jaws.[106][107]

The proportion of cortical bone that is 80% in the human skeleton may be much lower in other animals, especially in marine mammals and marine turtles, or in various Mesozoic marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs,[108] among others.[109] This proportion can vary quickly in evolution; it often increases in early stages of returns to an aquatic lifestyle, as seen in early whales and pinnipeds, among others. It subsequently decreases in pelagic taxa, which typically acquire spongy bone, but aquatic taxa that live in shallow water can retain very thick, pachyostotic,[110] osteosclerotic, or pachyosteosclerotic[111] bones, especially if they move slowly, like sea cows. In some cases, even marine taxa that had acquired spongy bone can revert to thicker, compact bones if they become adapted to live in shallow water, or in hypersaline (denser) water.[112][113][114]

Many animals, particularly herbivores, practice osteophagy—the eating of bones. This is presumably carried out in order to replenish lacking phosphate.

Many bone diseases that affect humans also affect other vertebrates—an example of one disorder is skeletal fluorosis.

## Society and culture

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Bones of slaughtered cattle on a farm in Namibia

Bones from slaughtered animals have a number of uses. In prehistoric times, they have been used for making bone tools.[115] They have further been used in bone carving, already important in prehistoric art, and also in modern time as crafting materials for buttons, beads, handles, bobbins, calculation aids, head nuts, dice, poker chips, pick-up sticks, arrows, scrimshaw, ornaments, etc.

Bone glue can be made by prolonged boiling of ground or cracked bones, followed by filtering and evaporation to thicken the resulting fluid. Historically once important, bone glue and other animal glues today have only a few specialized uses, such as in antiques restoration. Essentially the same process, with further refinement, thickening and drying, is used to make gelatin.

Broth is made by simmering several ingredients for a long time, traditionally including bones.

Bone char, a porous, black, granular material primarily used for filtration and also as a black pigment, is produced by charring mammal bones.

Oracle bone script was a writing system used in ancient China based on inscriptions in bones. Its name originates from oracle bones, which were mainly ox clavicle. The Ancient Chinese (mainly in the Shang dynasty), would write their questions on the oracle bone, and burn the bone, and where the bone cracked would be the answer for the questions.

To point the bone at someone is considered bad luck in some cultures, such as Australian aborigines, such as by the Kurdaitcha.

The wishbones of fowl have been used for divination, and are still customarily used in a tradition to determine which one of two people pulling on either prong of the bone may make a wish.

Various cultures throughout history have adopted the custom of shaping an infant's head by the practice of artificial cranial deformation. A widely practised custom in China was that of foot binding to limit the normal growth of the foot.

## Additional images

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* Cells in bone marrow

* Scanning electron microscope of bone at 100× magnification

* Structure detail of an animal bone

## See also

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* Artificial bone
* Bone health
* Calcareous
* Cuttlebone
* Distraction osteogenesis
* National Bone Health Campaign
* Skeleton
* Ossicle (echinoderm)
* Ossification § Evolution

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* Derrickson BH, Tortora GJ (2005). Principles of anatomy and physiology. New York: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-68934-8.
* Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, et al. (2008). Harrison's principles of internal medicine (17th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. ISBN 978-0-07-147692-8.
* Hoehn K, Marieb EN (2007). Human Anatomy & Physiology (7th ed.). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings. ISBN 978-0-8053-5909-1.
* Kini U, Nandeesh BN (3 January 2013). "Ch 2: Physiology of Bone Formation, Remodeling, and Metabolism" (PDF). In Fogelman I, Gnanasegaran G, van der Wall H (eds.). Radionuclide and hybrid bone imaging. Berlin: Springer. pp. 29–57\. ISBN 978-3-642-02399-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

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* Educational resource materials (including animations) by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
* Review (including references) of piezoelectricity and bone remodelling
* A good basic overview of bone biology from the Science Creative Quarterly
* Bone histology photomicrographs

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Bone and cartilage

Cartilage|

* perichondrium
* fibrocartilage callus
* metaphysis
* Cells
* chondroblast
* chondrocyte
* Types
* hyaline
* elastic
* fibrous

Bone|

| Ossification|

* primary bone
* intramembranous
* endochondral

|

Cells|

* osteoblast
* osteocyte
* osteoclast

Matrix|

* bone mineral
* ossein
* osteoid

Types|

* cancellous
* cortical

Regions|

* subchondral bone
* epiphysis
* epiphyseal plate/epiphyseal line
* metaphysis
* diaphysis
* condyle
* epicondyle

Structure|

* osteon
* Haversian canals
* Volkmann's canals
* connective tissue
* endosteum
* periosteum
* Sharpey's fibres
* enthesis
* lacunae
* canaliculi
* trabeculae
* medullary cavity
* bone marrow

Shapes|

* long
* short
* flat
* irregular
* sesamoid

Bones of the human skeleton

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Bones in the human skeleton

Axial skeleton|

| Skull|

| Neurocranium|

* occipital
* parietal
* frontal
* temporal
* sphenoid
* ethmoid

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Face|

* nasal
* maxilla
* lacrimal
* zygomatic
* palatine
* inferior nasal conchae
* vomer
* mandible
* hyoid

Ear|

* ossicles
* malleus
* incus
* stapes

Thorax|

* sternum
* rib cage
* rib

Vertebral column|

* vertebrae
* cervical
* thoracic
* lumbar
* sacrum
* coccyx

Appendicular|

| Shoulder|

* clavicle
* scapula

|

Arm|

* humerus
* ulna
* radius

Hand|

* carpals (scaphoid, lunate bone, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate)
* metacarpals
* phalanges (prox, int, dist)

Pelvis|

* ilium
* ischium
* pubis

Leg|

* femur
* patella
* fibula
* tibia
* sesamoid bones

Foot|

* tarsals
* heelbone
* anklebone
* navicular
* cuneiform
* cuboid
* metatarsals
* phalanges
* proximal
* intermediate
* distal
* accessory
* accessory navicular

* v
* t
* e

The facial skeleton of the skull

Maxilla|

| Surfaces|

* Anterior: fossae (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa)
* Infraorbital foramen
* Orbital bones
* Anterior nasal spine

* Infratemporal: Alveolar canals
* Maxillary tuberosity

* Orbital: Infraorbital groove
* Infraorbital canal

* Nasal: Greater palatine canal

|

Processes|

* Zygomatic process
* Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest)
* Alveolar process
* Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Incisive bone, Anterior nasal spine)

Other|

* Body of maxilla
* Maxillary sinus

Zygomatic|

* Orbital process (Zygomatico-orbital)
* Temporal process (Zygomaticotemporal)
* Lateral process (Zygomaticofacial)

Palatine|

| Fossae|

* Pterygopalatine fossa
* Pterygoid fossa

|

Plates|

* Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine)
* Perpendicular plate (Greater palatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen)
* Hard palate

Processes|

* Pyramidal
* Orbital
* Sphenoidal

Mandible|

| Body|

* external surface (Chin, Jaw, Mandibular prominence, Mandibular symphysis, Lingual foramen, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mandibular incisive canal)
* internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea)
* Alveolar part

|

Ramus|

* Mylohyoid groove
* Mandibular canal
* Lingula
* Mandibular foramen
* Angle
* Coronoid process
* Mandibular notch
* Condyloid process
* Pterygoid fovea

Nose|

* Nasal bone
* Internasal suture
* Nasal foramina
* Inferior nasal concha
* Ethmoidal process
* Maxillary process
* Vomer
* Wing

Other|

* Lacrimal
* Posterior lacrimal crest
* Lacrimal groove
* Lacrimal hamulus
* Prognathism
* Retromolar space

* v
* t
* e

Neurocranium of the skull

Occipital|

| Squamous part|

* external
* Inion/External occipital protuberance
* Occipital bun
* External occipital crest
* Nuchal lines
* Suprainiac fossa
* planes
* Occipital
* Nuchal
* internal
* Cruciform eminence
* Internal occipital protuberance
* Internal occipital crest
* Groove for transverse sinus

|

Lateral parts|

* Condyle
* Condyloid fossa
* Condylar canal
* Hypoglossal canal
* jugular
* Jugular process
* Jugular tubercle

Basilar part|

* Pharyngeal tubercle
* Clivus

Other|

* Foramen magnum
* Basion
* Opisthion

Parietal|

* Parietal eminence
* Temporal line
* Parietal foramen
* Sagittal sulcus
* Sagittal keel
* Sagittal crest

Frontal|

| Squamous part|

* Frontal suture
* Frontal eminence
* external
* Superciliary arches
* Glabella
* foramina
* Supraorbital foramen
* Brow ridge
* Foramen cecum
* Zygomatic process
* internal
* Sagittal sulcus
* Frontal crest

|

Orbital part|

* Ethmoidal notch
* Fossa for lacrimal gland
* Trochlear fovea
* Frontal sinus
* Frontonasal duct

Temporal|

| Squamous part|

* Articular tubercle
* Suprameatal triangle
* Mandibular fossa
* Petrotympanic fissure
* Zygomatic process

|

Mastoid part|

* Mastoid foramen
* Mastoid process (Mastoid cells)
* Mastoid notch
* Occipital groove
* Sigmoid sulcus
* Mastoid antrum (Aditus)

Petrous part|

* Carotid canal
* Facial canal
* Hiatus
* Internal auditory meatus
* Cochlear aqueduct
* Stylomastoid foramen
* fossae
* Subarcuate fossa
* Jugular fossa
* canaliculi
* Inferior tympanic
* Mastoid
* Styloid process
* Petrosquamous suture
* (note: ossicles in petrous part, but not part of temporal bone)

Tympanic part|

* Suprameatal spine

Sphenoid|

| Surfaces|

* Superior surface: Sella turcica
* Dorsum sellae
* Tuberculum sellae
* Hypophysial fossa
* Posterior clinoid processes
* Ethmoidal spine
* Chiasmatic groove
* Middle clinoid process
* Petrosal process
* Clivus
* Lateral surface: Carotid groove
* Sphenoidal lingula
* Anterior surface: Sphenoidal sinuses

|

Great wings|

* foramina
* Rotundum
* Ovale
* Vesalii
* Spinosum
* Spine
* Infratemporal crest
* Sulcus of auditory tube

Small wings|

* Superior orbital fissure
* Anterior clinoid process
* Optic canal

Pterygoid
processes|

* fossae
* Pterygoid
* Scaphoid
* pterygoid plates
* Lateral
* Medial
* Pterygoid canal
* Hamulus

Other|

* Body
* Sphenoidal conchae

Ethmoid|

| Plates|

* Cribriform plate
* Crista galli
* Olfactory foramina
* Perpendicular plate

|

Surfaces|

* Lateral surface Orbital lamina
* Uncinate process
* Medial surface Supreme nasal concha
* Superior nasal concha
* Superior meatus
* Middle nasal concha
* Middle meatus

Labyrinth|

* Ethmoid sinus
* ethmoidal foramina
* Posterior
* Anterior

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* e

Compound structures of skull

Neurocranium|

* Calvaria
* Diploë
* Asterion
* Pterion
* Stephanion
* Inion
* Bregma
* Lambda
* Fossae
* anterior
* middle
* posterior
* cranial cavity
* Base of skull
* Fontanelle
* anterior
* posterior
* sphenoidal
* mastoid

Facial skeleton|

* Nasion
* Gonion

Both|

* dacryon
* zygomatic arch
* temporal fossa
* infratemporal fossa
* pterygomaxillary fissure
* pterygopalatine fossa

* v
* t
* e

Bones of the arm

Shoulder girdle, clavicle|

* conoid tubercle
* trapezoid line
* costal tuberosity
* subclavian groove

Scapula|

* fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous)
* notches (suprascapular, great scapular)
* glenoid fossa
* tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid)
* spine of scapula
* acromion
* coracoid process
* angles (superior, inferior, lateral)

Humerus|

* upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical)
* tubercles (greater, lesser)
* bicipital groove
* body: radial sulcus
* deltoid tuberosity
* lower extremity: capitulum
* trochlea
* epicondyles (lateral, medial)
* supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial)
* fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)

Forearm|

| Radius|

* near elbow (head, tuberosity)
* near wrist (ulnar notch, styloid process, Lister's tubercle)

|

Ulna|

* near elbow (tuberosity, olecranon, coronoid process, radial notch, trochlear notch)
* near wrist (styloid process)

Hand|

| Carpal bones|

* scaphoid
* lunate
* triquetral
* pisiform
* trapezium
* trapezoid
* capitate
* hamate
* hamulus

|

Metacarpal bones|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th

Phalanges|

* proximal
* intermediate
* distal

* v
* t
* e

Bones of the torso

Vertebrae|

| General structure|

* Body
* Arch
* pedicle
* lamina
* notch
* Vertebral foramen
* Intervertebral foramen
* Processes
* transverse
* articular
* spinous
* Spinal canal

|

Cervical vertebrae|

* Uncinate process of vertebra
* Transverse foramen
* Anterior tubercle
* Carotid tubercle
* Posterior tubercle
* Atlas
* lateral mass
* anterior arch
* posterior arch
* Axis
* dens
* Vertebra prominens

Thoracic vertebrae|

* Costal facets
* superior
* inferior
* transverse
* Uncinate process of vertebra

Lumbar vertebrae|

* Processes
* accessory
* mammillary

Sacrum|

* Base
* sacral promontory
* Ala of sacrum
* Lateral surface
* sacral tuberosity
* Pelvic surface
* anterior sacral foramina
* Dorsal surface
* posterior sacral foramina
* Median sacral crest
* Medial sacral crest
* Lateral sacral crest
* Sacral canal
* sacral hiatus

Coccyx|

* none

Thorax|

| Rib cage|

* Ribs
* true ribs
* false ribs
* floating ribs
* Parts
* angle
* tubercle
* costal groove
* neck
* head

|

Sternum|

* Suprasternal notch
* Manubrium
* Sternal angle
* Body of sternum
* Xiphisternal joint
* Xiphoid process

Thoracic cage|

* Superior thoracic aperture
* Intercostal space
* Costal margin
* Infrasternal angle

* v
* t
* e

Bones of the human leg

Femur|

| upper extremity|

* head
* fovea
* neck
* greater trochanter
* fossa
* lesser trochanter
* intertrochanteric line
* intertrochanteric crest
* quadrate tubercle

|

shaft|

* linea aspera
* upper medial: merges with intertrochanteric line
* upper intermediate: pectineal line
* upper lateral: gluteal tuberosity / third trochanter

lower extremity|

* adductor tubercle
* patellar surface
* epicondyles
* lateral
* medial
* condyles
* lateral
* medial
* intercondylar fossa

Tibia|

| upper extremity|

* Gerdy's tubercle
* condyles
* lateral
* medial
* intercondylar area

|

shaft|

* tuberosity
* soleal line

lower extremity|

* medial malleolus
* Anterior colliculus
* Posterior colliculus
* fibular notch

Fibula|

* lateral malleolus

Other|

* patella
* apex

Foot|

| Tarsus|

* calcaneus
* sustentaculum tali
* calcaneal tubercle
* talus
* navicular
* cuboid
* cuneiform
* medial
* intermediate
* lateral

|

Metatarsals|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th

Other|

* Phalanges

* v
* t
* e

Bones of the pelvis

General|

* sacrum
* coccyx
* hip bone

Ilium|

| body|

* arcuate line

|

wing|

| gluteal lines|

* posterior
* anterior
* inferior

|

iliac spines|

* anterior superior
* anterior inferior
* posterior superior
* posterior inferior

other:|

* crest
* tuberosity
* tubercle
* fossa

Ischium|

| body|

* ischial spine
* lesser sciatic notch

|

superior ramus|

* tuberosity of the ischium

inferior ramus|

* no substructures

Pubis|

* body
* pubic crest
* superior ramus
* pubic tubercle
* obturator crest
* inferior ramus
* pectineal line

Compound|

* acetabulum
* acetabular notch
* iliopubic eminence / iliopectineal line
* linea terminalis
* ischiopubic ramus / pubic arch
* Foramina
* obturator foramen
* greater sciatic foramen / greater sciatic notch
* lesser sciatic foramen
* Landmarks
* pelvic inlet
* pelvic brim
* pelvic outlet

* v
* t
* e

Fractures and cartilage damage

General|

* Avulsion fracture
* Chalkstick fracture
* Greenstick fracture
* Open fracture
* Pathologic fracture
* Spiral fracture

Head|

* Basilar skull fracture
* Blowout fracture
* Mandibular fracture
* Nasal fracture
* Le Fort fracture of skull
* Zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture
* Zygoma fracture

Spinal fracture|

* Cervical fracture
* Burst fracture
* Chance fracture
* Clay-shoveler fracture
* Craniocervical instability
* Flexion teardrop fracture
* Hangman's fracture
* Holdsworth fracture
* Jefferson fracture
* Vertebral compression fracture

Ribs|

* Rib fracture
* Sternal fracture

Shoulder fracture|

* Clavicle
* Scapular

Arm fracture|

| Humerus fracture:|

* Proximal
* Supracondylar
* Holstein–Lewis fracture

|

Forearm fracture:|

* Ulna fracture
* Monteggia fracture
* Hume fracture
* Radius fracture/Distal radius
* Galeazzi
* Colles'
* Chauffeur's
* Smith's
* Barton's
* Essex-Lopresti fracture

Hand fracture|

* Scaphoid
* Rolando
* Bennett's
* Boxer's
* Busch's
* Broken finger

Pelvic fracture|

* Duverney fracture
* Pipkin fracture

Leg|

| Tibia fracture:|

* Bumper fracture
* Segond fracture
* Gosselin fracture
* Toddler's fracture
* Pilon fracture
* Plafond fracture
* Tillaux fracture

|

Fibular fracture:|

* Maisonneuve fracture
* Le Fort fracture of ankle
* Bosworth fracture

Combined tibia and fibula fracture:|

* Trimalleolar fracture
* Bimalleolar fracture
* Pott's fracture

Crus fracture:|

* Patella fracture

Femoral fracture:|

* Hip fracture

Foot fracture|

* Lisfranc
* Jones
* Cuneiform
* March
* Calcaneal
* Broken toe

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Japan
* Czech Republic
* Spain
* Israel

Other|

* NARA
* Terminologia Anatomica

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