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What are the 5 layers of the skin? (From deep to superficial) - ANSWER Stratum basale Stratum spinosum Stratum granulosum Stratum lucidum (only in palms and soles of feet) Stratum Corneum What causes osteoporosis? - ANSWER Deficiency of calcium What hormone is released when CA levels are too high? - ANSWER Calcitonin (*Think "can tone it down") What hormone(s) is released when CA levels are too low? - ANSWER Parathyroid & Calcitriol Whats the difference between Appositional growth & Epiphyseal growth? - ANSWER Appositional grows in width Epiphyseal grows in length What do ligament do? - ANSWER Attach bone to bone What do tendons do? - ANSWER Attach bone to muscle What is bone formation called? - ANSWER Osteogenesis What happens when growing stops? - ANSWER Epiphyseal plate ossifies What is ossification? - ANSWER Hardening The metatarsophalangeal joint is associated with what small bone? - ANSWER Sesamoid bone (ex Patella) What part of bone do tendons & ligaments attach to? - ANSWER Periosteum What vessels can be found in Haversian & Volkmann's canals? - ANSWER Artery, Vein, & Lymph What does the matrix of spongy bone look like? - ANSWER Open network of trabeculae

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BIO-201 GCU EXAM 2 WITH ALL
CORRECT ANSWERS.Guaranteed
A+.
What are the 5 layers of the skin?
(From deep to superficial) - ANSWER Stratum basale
Stratum spinosum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum lucidum (only in palms and soles of feet)
Stratum Corneum

What causes osteoporosis? - ANSWER Deficiency of calcium

What hormone is released when CA levels are too high? - ANSWER Calcitonin
(*Think "can tone it down")

What hormone(s) is released when CA levels are too low? - ANSWER Parathyroid
& Calcitriol

Whats the difference between Appositional growth & Epiphyseal growth? -
ANSWER Appositional grows in width
Epiphyseal grows in length

What do ligament do? - ANSWER Attach bone to bone

What do tendons do? - ANSWER Attach bone to muscle

What is bone formation called? - ANSWER Osteogenesis

What happens when growing stops? - ANSWER Epiphyseal plate ossifies

What is ossification? - ANSWER Hardening

The metatarsophalangeal joint is associated with what small bone? - ANSWER
Sesamoid bone (ex Patella)

What part of bone do tendons & ligaments attach to? - ANSWER Periosteum

What vessels can be found in Haversian & Volkmann's canals? - ANSWER Artery,
Vein, & Lymph

What does the matrix of spongy bone look like? - ANSWER Open network of
trabeculae

What is 1/3 of Osseous tissue composed of? - ANSWER CA ions

What type of bone cell resides in endosteum? - ANSWER Osteoclasts

What are osteocytes? - ANSWER Most common cell in bone

, BIO-201 GCU EXAM 2 WITH ALL
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Where are osteocytes held? - ANSWER In the Lacunae

What is the process when mesenchyme cells differentiate? - ANSWER
Intramembranous ossification

How does the osteoid matrix differ from bone? - ANSWER It doesn't have CA ions
yet

Where is the primary center of ossification located? - ANSWER Diaphysis during
development

What is not a function of skeletal muscles? - ANSWER Store lipids (Adipose cells
do this)

Muscle cells are packed with which protein filaments? - ANSWER Myofibrils

Cytoplasm in animal cells is ____________ in a muscle cell. - ANSWER
Sarcoplasm

Sarcomeres are found in all except? - ANSWER Smooth muscle (It is not striated
like other muscles)

What elastic structure pulls myosin back to "normal"? - ANSWER Titin filaments

What fibrous joints are on the ends of the tibia & fibula? - ANSWER Syndesmoses

What type of joint sutures are mostly immovable? - ANSWER Fibrous

What is true about synovial joints? - ANSWER Separated by fluid-containing joint
cavity

What is not true about synovial fluid? - ANSWER Reduces friction & contains
phagocytic cells

What is not a type of synovial joint? - ANSWER Sealed joint

What type of joint is in costal cartilage of 1st rib & manubrium of sternum? -
ANSWER Synchondroses

What structure of a synovial joint is a band-like ligament? - ANSWER Reinforcing
ligament
(ex Knee joint)

All influence the stability of synovial joints except? - ANSWER Bursae

What joint is multiaxial w/ a hemispherical head? - ANSWER Ball & socket
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