ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Skeletal System Components - CORRECT ANSWER - Bones
Cartilages
Joints
Functions of the Skeletal System - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Support
2. Protection
3. Movement
4. Blood formation
5. Mineral reservoir
- Calcium (Ca2+) and phosphorus (phosphate PO4
3-)
6. pH balance
- Storage of bicarbonate from blood
Bone textures - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Compact bone
- Dense outer layer
2. Spongy (cancellous) bone
- Honeycomb of trabeculae
Features of Long Bones - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Enlarged ends (epiphyses)
- spongy bone (cancellous) covered with a layer of compact bone
2. Shaft (diaphysis)
, - contains marrow cavity
(medullary cavity) that is lined with endosteum(layer of osteogenic cells)
3. Joint surface covered with articular cartilage (hyaline cartilage)
4. Remainder of bone covered with periosteum
- inner osteogenic layer important
for growth and healing
5. Epiphyseal plate or line depends on age
Features of a Flat Bone - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. External and internal surfaces of flat
bone are composed of compact bone
- Increased protection
2. Middle layer is spongy bone
- No marrow cavity
(Bone as a Tissue) Dynamic Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Continually remodels itself
(Bone as a Tissue) Hydroxyapatite - CORRECT ANSWER - Calcium Phosphate
(Bone as a Tissue) Skeletal System makeup? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bone: bone tissue,
marrow, cartilage and periosteum
Cells of Osseous Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Osteogenic
cells reside in endosteum, periosteum or central canals
- multiply continuously and differentiate into non-dividing osteoblasts