Anatomy and physiology module 4 test questions and answers

Anatomy and physiology module 4
test questions and answers
A bone-forming cell - -osteoblast

- A mature bone cell surrounded by bone matrix - -osteocyte

- A large multinucleated cell that breaks down bone - -Osteoclast

- A localized mass of blood that is confined to an organ or some definable
space - -Hematoma

- A mass of tissue that connects the ends of a broken bone - -Callus

- The position acquired when one stands erect with the feet facing forward,
the upper limbs hanging at the sides, and the palms facing forward with the
thumbs to the outside. - -Anatomical position

- The bone will be less flexible - -2

- Cancellous bone tissue - -3

- Canaliculi - -4

- All new bone tissue is cancellous bone. Some new bone tissue must be
compact bone, so cancellous bone tissue often needs to be remodeled to
compact bone tissue - -5a

- Bones increase and decrease in mass based on the stress they experience
- -5b

- Bone is remodeled in order to re-shape the bone as needed - -5c

- Bone is remodeled to repair broken bones - -5d

- Bone is remodeled to replace worn collagen or hydroxyapatite - -5e

- Bone is remodeled to regulate the calcium levels in your body - -5f

- Appositional bone growth - -6

- The external callus - -7

- Parathyroid gland; the person's blood calcium level must be low - -8