GCU BIO-201 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
What’s the difference between Appositional growth & Epiphyseal growth? - correct answer
✔✔Appositional grows in width
Epiphyseal grows in length
What are the 5 layers of the skin?
(From deep to superficial) - correct answer ✔✔Stratum Basale
Stratum spinosum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum lucidum (only in palms and soles of feet)
Stratum Corneum
What causes osteoporosis? - correct answer ✔✔Deficiency of calcium
What hormone is released when CA levels are too high? - correct answer ✔✔Calcitonin (*Think
"can tone it down")
What hormone(s) is released when CA levels are too low? - correct answer ✔✔Parathyroid &
Calcitriol
What do ligament do? - correct answer ✔✔Attach bone to bone
What do tendons do? - correct answer ✔✔Attach bone to muscle
, What is bone formation called? - correct answer ✔✔Osteogenesis
What happens when growing stops? - correct answer ✔✔Epiphyseal plate ossifies
What is ossification? - correct answer ✔✔Hardening
The metatarsophalangeal joint is associated with what small bone? - correct answer
✔✔Sesamoid bone (ex Patella)
What part of bone do tendons & ligaments attach to? - correct answer ✔✔Periosteum
What vessels can be found in Haversian & Volkmann's canals? - correct answer ✔✔Artery, Vein,
& Lymph
What does the matrix of spongy bone look like? - correct answer ✔✔Open network of
trabeculae
What is 1/3 of Osseous tissue composed of? - correct answer ✔✔CA ions
What type of bone cell resides in endosteum? - correct answer ✔✔Osteoclasts
What are osteocytes? - correct answer ✔✔Most common cell in bone
Where are osteocytes held? - correct answer ✔✔In the Lacunae
What is the process when mesenchyme cells differentiate? - correct answer
✔✔Intramembranous ossification
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
What’s the difference between Appositional growth & Epiphyseal growth? - correct answer
✔✔Appositional grows in width
Epiphyseal grows in length
What are the 5 layers of the skin?
(From deep to superficial) - correct answer ✔✔Stratum Basale
Stratum spinosum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum lucidum (only in palms and soles of feet)
Stratum Corneum
What causes osteoporosis? - correct answer ✔✔Deficiency of calcium
What hormone is released when CA levels are too high? - correct answer ✔✔Calcitonin (*Think
"can tone it down")
What hormone(s) is released when CA levels are too low? - correct answer ✔✔Parathyroid &
Calcitriol
What do ligament do? - correct answer ✔✔Attach bone to bone
What do tendons do? - correct answer ✔✔Attach bone to muscle
, What is bone formation called? - correct answer ✔✔Osteogenesis
What happens when growing stops? - correct answer ✔✔Epiphyseal plate ossifies
What is ossification? - correct answer ✔✔Hardening
The metatarsophalangeal joint is associated with what small bone? - correct answer
✔✔Sesamoid bone (ex Patella)
What part of bone do tendons & ligaments attach to? - correct answer ✔✔Periosteum
What vessels can be found in Haversian & Volkmann's canals? - correct answer ✔✔Artery, Vein,
& Lymph
What does the matrix of spongy bone look like? - correct answer ✔✔Open network of
trabeculae
What is 1/3 of Osseous tissue composed of? - correct answer ✔✔CA ions
What type of bone cell resides in endosteum? - correct answer ✔✔Osteoclasts
What are osteocytes? - correct answer ✔✔Most common cell in bone
Where are osteocytes held? - correct answer ✔✔In the Lacunae
What is the process when mesenchyme cells differentiate? - correct answer
✔✔Intramembranous ossification
