Seeley's Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 6 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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1. How does the skeleton support the body? What is the function of a ligament? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Supports the body both inside and outside. Ligaments hold bones
together.
2. What are examples of how the bones of the skeleton protect vital organs? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Protects organs like the brain, spinal cord, and the heart.
3. How does the skeleton provide movement? What is the function of a tendon? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Provides movement. As muscles move bones, the body moves too.
Muscles are attached to bones by tendons.
4. What minerals are stored by bones? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bones store minerals
(calcium, phosphorus, magnesium) and additional nutrients.
5. What blood cells are produced by red bone marrow? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Blood
cells (RBC, WBC, and Platelets) are produced in red bone marrow.
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, 6. What are the specialized cells found in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔chondrocytes
in lacunae
7. What is the purpose of proteoglycans in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔makes
cartilage bendable and soft.
What does resilient mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔goes back to position
8. Compare the functions of chondroblasts and chondrocytes? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Chondroblasts (cartilage matrix-producers).
Chondrocytes (cartilage-maintenance cells).
9. What is a perichondrium? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Perichondrium is a thin
covering over the main body of the cartilage.
10. Why is hyaline cartilage called articular cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔because it
covers the ends of bones.
11. What is appositional growth in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔on the outside
What is interstitial growth in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔within the cells
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Chapter 6 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Answers | 100% Solved
1. How does the skeleton support the body? What is the function of a ligament? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Supports the body both inside and outside. Ligaments hold bones
together.
2. What are examples of how the bones of the skeleton protect vital organs? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Protects organs like the brain, spinal cord, and the heart.
3. How does the skeleton provide movement? What is the function of a tendon? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Provides movement. As muscles move bones, the body moves too.
Muscles are attached to bones by tendons.
4. What minerals are stored by bones? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bones store minerals
(calcium, phosphorus, magnesium) and additional nutrients.
5. What blood cells are produced by red bone marrow? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Blood
cells (RBC, WBC, and Platelets) are produced in red bone marrow.
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, 6. What are the specialized cells found in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔chondrocytes
in lacunae
7. What is the purpose of proteoglycans in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔makes
cartilage bendable and soft.
What does resilient mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔goes back to position
8. Compare the functions of chondroblasts and chondrocytes? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Chondroblasts (cartilage matrix-producers).
Chondrocytes (cartilage-maintenance cells).
9. What is a perichondrium? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Perichondrium is a thin
covering over the main body of the cartilage.
10. Why is hyaline cartilage called articular cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔because it
covers the ends of bones.
11. What is appositional growth in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔on the outside
What is interstitial growth in cartilage? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔within the cells
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