Learning Targets
6-9 Students can describe the types of fractures, and explain how fractures heal.
6-10 Students can summarize the effects of the aging process on the skeletal system.
6-10 Students can summarize the effects of the aging process on the skeletal system.
Checkpoints
6-9
• Describe in a brief paragraph the repair of a fracture.
• At which point in fracture repair would you find an external callus?
6-10
• List and describe in order of severity opsteopenia, osteoporosis, and normal bone.
• Why is osteoporosis more common in older women than in older men?
• Describe in a brief paragraph the repair of a fracture.
• At which point in fracture repair would you find an external callus?
6-10
• List and describe in order of severity opsteopenia, osteoporosis, and normal bone.
• Why is osteoporosis more common in older women than in older men?
Terms
6-9
• Fracture
• Fracture hematoma
• External callus
• Internal callus
6-10
• Osteopenia
• Osteoporosis
• Osteoclast-activating factor
• Fracture
• Fracture hematoma
• External callus
• Internal callus
6-10
• Osteopenia
• Osteoporosis
• Osteoclast-activating factor