Exam 11: Skeletal Tissues

After birth, the amount of cartilage in the body increases.

The concentric, cylinder-shaped layers of calcified bone matrix are called:

Flat bones differ from short bones in that flat bones have an inner portion of cancellous bone covered on the outside with compact bone.

The type of cartilage found in the symphysis pubis is fibrocartilage.

Match each bone type with its corresponding description. -Easily identified by their extended longitudinal axis; the femur is an example

The layer of cancellous bone between two layers of compact bone is called diploë.

Cancellous bone is another term for a(n) _____ bone.

Match each bone structure with its corresponding description. -Central shaft of long bones

The occurrence of osteoporosis seems to be related to age and gender.

Match each microscopic bone structure with its corresponding description. -Concentric rings of compact bone

The inorganic salts that make up the bone matrix are equally divided between hydroxyapatite and calcium carbonate.

Hyaline cartilage is the most common type of cartilage in the body.

The first step in healing a fracture is:

Osteoporosis occurs more often in elderly women than in males.

The parathyroid hormone causes all of the following except:

The tarsal bones are examples of _____ bones.

One function of cartilage is to act as a shock-absorbing pad between bones.

The region between the epiphyses and the diaphysis in a mature bone is called the metaphysis.

The most abundant type of cartilage is:

Variations in the amount of ossification and resorption of bone tissue are age dependent.