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The human body in health and illness
chapter 8, Skeletal system. Exam Questions
With Verified Answers
The microscopic unit of a compact bone - Answers✔Osteon/Harvesian
Osteocytes - Answers✔mature bone cells (maintain bone)
Osteoblasts - Answers✔immature bone cells (secrete ICMatrix)
Diaphysis - Answers✔shaft of a long bone
Epiphysis - Answers✔End of a long bone
epiphyseal disc - Answers✔growth plate; layer of hyaline cartilage between diaphysis and
epiphyses in growing bones
Medullary cavity - Answers✔hollow, marrow filled cavity if a long bone
Periosteum - Answers✔dense fibrous CT membrane that covers the outside of the diaphysis
Articular cartilage - Answers✔cartilage that covers the epiphysis of a long bone
Ossification - Answers✔Bone formation
Osteoclasts - Answers✔Bone-destroying cells (bone erosion)
Parietal bone - Answers✔B that form the upper sides and top of the cranium
foramen magnum - Answers✔opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes
(large hole in the Occipital B)
sphenoid bone - Answers✔butterfly shaped B that forms part and lower sides of the cranium
B that belong to the cranium: - Answers✔frontal 1, parietal2, temporal2, occipital1, sphenoid1,
ethmoid1
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B from the upper side of the head: - Answers✔parietal B
Ethmoid bone - Answers✔irregular, located between the eye orbits
facial bones - Answers✔maxilla, zygomatic, palatine, mandible, lacrimal, nasal, inferior concha,
and vomer
Air filled cavities - Answers✔Sinuses (lessen weight of skull and modulate sound of the voice)
4 sinuses (paranasal) - Answers✔frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, maxillary
Flat bones - Answers✔ribs, breastbone, cranium, and shoulder gird
Bones store minerals like - Answers✔Ca+ & Phos
RBC produced in - Answers✔red bone marrow
short bones - Answers✔cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle
Flat bones - Answers✔breast B, cranium, ribs, & shoulder girdle
Irregular bones - Answers✔hip bone, vertebrae, skull bone
Long bones - Answers✔arms, forearms, palms, fingers, thigh, legs, instep
dense hard bone is a - Answers✔compact bone
Where is compact bone found? - Answers✔in shaft of long bones and in outer surfaces of bones
Spongy bones (cancellous) is found: - Answers✔at the ends of long bones and in the center of B.
spongy bone is arranged in plates called: - Answers✔trabeculae (they decrease weight of bone
and contain RBM
Harvesian system consist of: - Answers✔mature osteocytes arranged in concentric circles around
large blood vessels
Longitudinal bone growth occurs - Answers✔at the epiphyseal disc (also called growth plate)
Endochondral ossification - Answers✔process where osseous tissue replaces cartilage
bone resorption - Answers✔action of osteoclasts (break down bone)
Projection or process - Answers✔markings that stick out/outward bulge of bone
Depressions - Answers✔bowl or groove like cut out that serves as a passageway (sinus, fossa)
openings - Answers✔hole or canal that serves as a passageway (meatus, foramen)
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The human body in health and illness
chapter 8, Skeletal system. Exam Questions
With Verified Answers
The microscopic unit of a compact bone - Answers✔Osteon/Harvesian
Osteocytes - Answers✔mature bone cells (maintain bone)
Osteoblasts - Answers✔immature bone cells (secrete ICMatrix)
Diaphysis - Answers✔shaft of a long bone
Epiphysis - Answers✔End of a long bone
epiphyseal disc - Answers✔growth plate; layer of hyaline cartilage between diaphysis and
epiphyses in growing bones
Medullary cavity - Answers✔hollow, marrow filled cavity if a long bone
Periosteum - Answers✔dense fibrous CT membrane that covers the outside of the diaphysis
Articular cartilage - Answers✔cartilage that covers the epiphysis of a long bone
Ossification - Answers✔Bone formation
Osteoclasts - Answers✔Bone-destroying cells (bone erosion)
Parietal bone - Answers✔B that form the upper sides and top of the cranium
foramen magnum - Answers✔opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes
(large hole in the Occipital B)
sphenoid bone - Answers✔butterfly shaped B that forms part and lower sides of the cranium
B that belong to the cranium: - Answers✔frontal 1, parietal2, temporal2, occipital1, sphenoid1,
ethmoid1
1
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
B from the upper side of the head: - Answers✔parietal B
Ethmoid bone - Answers✔irregular, located between the eye orbits
facial bones - Answers✔maxilla, zygomatic, palatine, mandible, lacrimal, nasal, inferior concha,
and vomer
Air filled cavities - Answers✔Sinuses (lessen weight of skull and modulate sound of the voice)
4 sinuses (paranasal) - Answers✔frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, maxillary
Flat bones - Answers✔ribs, breastbone, cranium, and shoulder gird
Bones store minerals like - Answers✔Ca+ & Phos
RBC produced in - Answers✔red bone marrow
short bones - Answers✔cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle
Flat bones - Answers✔breast B, cranium, ribs, & shoulder girdle
Irregular bones - Answers✔hip bone, vertebrae, skull bone
Long bones - Answers✔arms, forearms, palms, fingers, thigh, legs, instep
dense hard bone is a - Answers✔compact bone
Where is compact bone found? - Answers✔in shaft of long bones and in outer surfaces of bones
Spongy bones (cancellous) is found: - Answers✔at the ends of long bones and in the center of B.
spongy bone is arranged in plates called: - Answers✔trabeculae (they decrease weight of bone
and contain RBM
Harvesian system consist of: - Answers✔mature osteocytes arranged in concentric circles around
large blood vessels
Longitudinal bone growth occurs - Answers✔at the epiphyseal disc (also called growth plate)
Endochondral ossification - Answers✔process where osseous tissue replaces cartilage
bone resorption - Answers✔action of osteoclasts (break down bone)
Projection or process - Answers✔markings that stick out/outward bulge of bone
Depressions - Answers✔bowl or groove like cut out that serves as a passageway (sinus, fossa)
openings - Answers✔hole or canal that serves as a passageway (meatus, foramen)
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