BIOL 2401 Lecture Exam II Questions | 2026/2027 | Answers
Correct | With Complete Solutions
____ is the deficiency of vitamin D in children. Correct
Answers Rickets
_____ are small canals, that allow osteocytes to transport their
wastes to the bloodstream for removal. Correct Answers
Canaliculi
_______ are bone dissolving cells; ______ are bone forming
cells. Correct Answers osteoclasts; osteoblasts
___________ is an epidermal cell with an immunological
function. Correct Answers Dendritic Cells (Langerhans Cells)
___________ is the most abundant skeletal cartilage. Correct
Answers Hyaline
A bone fracture perpendicular to the bone axis is called an ___
fracture. Correct Answers transverse
An adolescent grows in height is called ___ and is mainly due to
events that occur in the ___ of the skeleton. Correct Answers
Interstitial Growth; Epiphyseal Plate
Articular Cartilage Correct Answers hyaline cartilage that
covers ends of bones in synovial joints
, Bone histology is much easier to understand when one
recognizes that bone tissue is organized around its ______.
Correct Answers blood supply
Bone tissue is more rigid that then other tissues because its
ground substance contains inorganic salts. these salts contribute
to the formation of ________ crystals in bones. Correct
Answers hydroxyapatite
Calcitriol is derived from a ___ which is converted into ___ by
sunlight Correct Answers Dehydrocholesterol; Vitamin D
compact bone Correct Answers Hard and dense, but not solid,
bone tissue that is beneath the outer membrane of a bone.
Compare and contrast calcitonin and parathyroid hormone
Correct Answers Parathyroid- increases calcium levels in the
blood and its absorption
Calcitonin- antagonistic hormone that decreases calcium
Diaphysis Correct Answers shaft of a long bone
Endosteum Correct Answers membranous lining of the hollow
cavity of the bone
Epiphyseal Line Correct Answers growth plate; on a long bone
Epiphysis Correct Answers The epiphysis is the expanded end
of a long bone
Correct | With Complete Solutions
____ is the deficiency of vitamin D in children. Correct
Answers Rickets
_____ are small canals, that allow osteocytes to transport their
wastes to the bloodstream for removal. Correct Answers
Canaliculi
_______ are bone dissolving cells; ______ are bone forming
cells. Correct Answers osteoclasts; osteoblasts
___________ is an epidermal cell with an immunological
function. Correct Answers Dendritic Cells (Langerhans Cells)
___________ is the most abundant skeletal cartilage. Correct
Answers Hyaline
A bone fracture perpendicular to the bone axis is called an ___
fracture. Correct Answers transverse
An adolescent grows in height is called ___ and is mainly due to
events that occur in the ___ of the skeleton. Correct Answers
Interstitial Growth; Epiphyseal Plate
Articular Cartilage Correct Answers hyaline cartilage that
covers ends of bones in synovial joints
, Bone histology is much easier to understand when one
recognizes that bone tissue is organized around its ______.
Correct Answers blood supply
Bone tissue is more rigid that then other tissues because its
ground substance contains inorganic salts. these salts contribute
to the formation of ________ crystals in bones. Correct
Answers hydroxyapatite
Calcitriol is derived from a ___ which is converted into ___ by
sunlight Correct Answers Dehydrocholesterol; Vitamin D
compact bone Correct Answers Hard and dense, but not solid,
bone tissue that is beneath the outer membrane of a bone.
Compare and contrast calcitonin and parathyroid hormone
Correct Answers Parathyroid- increases calcium levels in the
blood and its absorption
Calcitonin- antagonistic hormone that decreases calcium
Diaphysis Correct Answers shaft of a long bone
Endosteum Correct Answers membranous lining of the hollow
cavity of the bone
Epiphyseal Line Correct Answers growth plate; on a long bone
Epiphysis Correct Answers The epiphysis is the expanded end
of a long bone
