BS 2 - The structure of bones

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BS 2 - The structure of bones

• You can describe the structure of bone tissue and cartilage tissue.
  
• You can describe how the composition of the bones changes during a person’s life.

Bones and cartilage

The skeleton consists out of 2 types of tissue: 

Bone (bot) and cartilage (kraakbeen)

But..

What are bones made of?

Structure of bones

Bones exist out of calcium phosphate (=kalkzouten) and collagen (=lijmstof). 

Calcium phosphate makes the bone strong and rigid.

Collagen makes the bone flexible

Changes of bone tissue

The skeleton of a baby consists mostly of cartilage tissue.

During growth, most of the cartilage changes to bone.

When you get older:

--> Amount of collages decreases

--> amount of calcium phosphate increases.

baby is flexible because they have a lot of collagen in their bones

Old people break bones easier because they have less collagen.

Where do bones exist of?

1. Collagen and calcium phosphate
2. Cartilage and calcium phosphate
3. cartilage
4. collagen

Do the bones of older people have more collagen?

1. yes
2. no

Do the bones of baby's have more calcium phosphate?

1. yes
2. no

Cartilage has more collagen than calcium phosphate. This makes cartilage ...

1. flexible
2. strong

What material is in a nose?

1. Cartilage
2. Bone

What makes bone strong?

1. collagen
2. calcium
3. cartilage

What material is in this bone?

1. Cartilage
2. Bone

Your ear is made of....

1. cartilage
2. spongy bone
3. compact bone
4. marrow