Exam 11: Skeletal Tissues

Match each bone structure with its corresponding description. -Location of spongy bone in a long bone

Parathyroid hormone affects not only bone cells but also cells of the kidney.

Haversian systems are found only in compact bone.

Articular cartilage can be defined as a layer of elastic cartilage that covers the joint surface.

The body contains more spongy bone than it does compact bone.

The type of cartilage growth most prevalent in childhood and early adolescence is interstitial or endogenous growth.

Match each bone structure with its corresponding description. -Part of long bone to which tendons attach

The growth of intramembranous bone begins with the formation of a cluster of osteoblasts called ossification centers.

Most bones of the body are formed from cartilage models.

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

Which of the following is true of bone but not of cartilage?

Describe the varying degrees of bone formation (ossification) and bone destruction (resorption) that occur from childhood to adulthood.

Match each bone structure with its corresponding description. -Thin membrane that lines a large cavity in long bones

In an infant's or child's body, virtually all of the bones contain yellow marrow.

In endochondral ossification, the primary ossification centers are found in the epiphyses and the secondary ossification centers are found in the diaphysis.

Name and describe the parts of the osteon.

In young children, vitamin A and protein deficiency will:

Appositional growth of cartilage occurs when chondrocytes in the deep layer of the perichondrium begin to divide and secrete additional matrix.

Which type of bone is found in a tendon?

In intramembranous ossification, the process of appositional growth refers to the: