BSC 2085 Chapter 7-8 Bone UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The study of bone is osteology
Which cartilage is the most abundant and weakest? hyaline cartilage
Which cartilage is the strongest? fibrocartilage
Hardening process of the bone Mineralization or ossification
How many bones are there in the human body? 206
The axial skeleton includes -skull
-vertebrae
-ribs
The appendicular skeleton includes -limbs and attaching bones
Bone building cells are called osteoblasts
Bone destroying cells are called osteoclasts
Spongy bone consists of trabeculae
What are the concentric layers of calcified matrix? lamellae
The hollow space between lamellae is called lacunae
The little channels that connect lacunae to each other canaliculus
and to the central canal
The transverse or horizontal canals are called perforating/Volkman's canal
Osteogenesis (ossification) means bone tissue formation
Intramembranous ossification occurs in the development flat bones
of what type of bones? -results in the formation of cranial bones of the skull and clavicle
Endochondrial ossification occurs in the development of long bone
what type of bones -after the 2nd month of fetal development into adulthood
What forms during endochondrial ossification? all bones below the skull besides the clavicle
Remodeling involves the combined action of osteoblasts and osteoclasts
CORRECT Answers
The study of bone is osteology
Which cartilage is the most abundant and weakest? hyaline cartilage
Which cartilage is the strongest? fibrocartilage
Hardening process of the bone Mineralization or ossification
How many bones are there in the human body? 206
The axial skeleton includes -skull
-vertebrae
-ribs
The appendicular skeleton includes -limbs and attaching bones
Bone building cells are called osteoblasts
Bone destroying cells are called osteoclasts
Spongy bone consists of trabeculae
What are the concentric layers of calcified matrix? lamellae
The hollow space between lamellae is called lacunae
The little channels that connect lacunae to each other canaliculus
and to the central canal
The transverse or horizontal canals are called perforating/Volkman's canal
Osteogenesis (ossification) means bone tissue formation
Intramembranous ossification occurs in the development flat bones
of what type of bones? -results in the formation of cranial bones of the skull and clavicle
Endochondrial ossification occurs in the development of long bone
what type of bones -after the 2nd month of fetal development into adulthood
What forms during endochondrial ossification? all bones below the skull besides the clavicle
Remodeling involves the combined action of osteoblasts and osteoclasts
