Abstract
Bone and articular cartilage are highly specialized tissues of the skeletal system. Bone serves five main functions:
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Mechanical support (ribs)
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Movements, as the site of muscle attachments (long bones)
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Protective, as encasement of organs (skull)
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Metabolic, as a reserve pool of various ions especially calcium and phosphorus
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Hematopoietic: bones provide host sites for the hematopoietic tissue (the bone marrow).
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Péoc’h, M. (2004). Normal Histologic Architecture of Tissue. In: Poitout, D.G. (eds) Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3774-0_18
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