BIO 117 EXAM 2 2026 ECOLOGY AND
EVOLUTION REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS
VERIFIED GUIDE
◉ Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column?
Answer: Vertebral column
◉ What bones make up the pelvic girdle?
Answer: ilium, ischium, pubis
◉ Where do you find long bones?
Answer: In the appendicular skeleton / arms and legs
◉ Bone is a form of connective tissue, specifically ____________________
tissue ?
Answer: Osseous tissue
◉ The process of bone formations is called
Answer: Ossification
◉ The matrix of osseous tissue is made up of 3 main things:
,Answer: 1. Calcium 2. Phosphate 3. Collagen
◉ Osteo means?
Answer: Bone
◉ What matures bone cells?
Answer: osteocytes
◉ What build up bone?
Answer: osteoblasts
◉ What breaks down bone?
Answer: osteoclasts
◉ Where do we find bone marrow
Answer: Inside the bones
◉ Red bone marrow makes
Answer: red blood cells
◉ Red bone marrow in the ____________________ part of the bone.
Answer: Epiphysis
,◉ The epiphysis (part of the long bone) is protected by...
Answer: Spongy bone
◉ Yellow bone marrow stores...
Answer: adipose tissue (fat)
◉ Yellow bone marrow is found in the _______________________ part of
the bone
Answer: Diaphysis
◉ Diaphysis (part of long bone) is protected by...
Answer: Compact bone
◉ Two main types of freely movable joints
Answer: 1. Ball-and-socket joints 2. Hing joints
◉ Examples of ball-and-socket joints are
Answer: shoulder and hip
◉ Examples of hinge joints are
Answer: elbow and knee
, ◉ The immovable joints of the skull are called
Answer: sutures
◉ _______________ are where two bones come together
Answer: Joints
◉ Joints can be classified by
Answer: Immovable and freely movable
◉ This fluid lubricates the bones in the joints, decreasing friction.
Answer: Synovial fluid
◉ What did the sutures in the skull used to be
Answer: Fontanelles
◉ What tissue is found filling the epiphysis of long bones?
Answer: Red Bone Marrow
◉ What is the tube called that connects our throat to the middle ear?
Answer: Eustachian Tube
EVOLUTION REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS
VERIFIED GUIDE
◉ Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column?
Answer: Vertebral column
◉ What bones make up the pelvic girdle?
Answer: ilium, ischium, pubis
◉ Where do you find long bones?
Answer: In the appendicular skeleton / arms and legs
◉ Bone is a form of connective tissue, specifically ____________________
tissue ?
Answer: Osseous tissue
◉ The process of bone formations is called
Answer: Ossification
◉ The matrix of osseous tissue is made up of 3 main things:
,Answer: 1. Calcium 2. Phosphate 3. Collagen
◉ Osteo means?
Answer: Bone
◉ What matures bone cells?
Answer: osteocytes
◉ What build up bone?
Answer: osteoblasts
◉ What breaks down bone?
Answer: osteoclasts
◉ Where do we find bone marrow
Answer: Inside the bones
◉ Red bone marrow makes
Answer: red blood cells
◉ Red bone marrow in the ____________________ part of the bone.
Answer: Epiphysis
,◉ The epiphysis (part of the long bone) is protected by...
Answer: Spongy bone
◉ Yellow bone marrow stores...
Answer: adipose tissue (fat)
◉ Yellow bone marrow is found in the _______________________ part of
the bone
Answer: Diaphysis
◉ Diaphysis (part of long bone) is protected by...
Answer: Compact bone
◉ Two main types of freely movable joints
Answer: 1. Ball-and-socket joints 2. Hing joints
◉ Examples of ball-and-socket joints are
Answer: shoulder and hip
◉ Examples of hinge joints are
Answer: elbow and knee
, ◉ The immovable joints of the skull are called
Answer: sutures
◉ _______________ are where two bones come together
Answer: Joints
◉ Joints can be classified by
Answer: Immovable and freely movable
◉ This fluid lubricates the bones in the joints, decreasing friction.
Answer: Synovial fluid
◉ What did the sutures in the skull used to be
Answer: Fontanelles
◉ What tissue is found filling the epiphysis of long bones?
Answer: Red Bone Marrow
◉ What is the tube called that connects our throat to the middle ear?
Answer: Eustachian Tube
