Chapter 6: Bones and Skeletal Tissues

The cells that maintain mature compact bone marix are

osteocytes

The lacunae of bone contain

osteocytes

Correctly match the bone type with its example: Sesamoid bone.

patella (knee)

Correctly match the bone type with its example: Irregular bone.

vertebra, spinal column

Match the type of cartilage to its correct description: Fibrocartilage

Able to withstand heavy loads and absorb shock

Match the following function of bone to its description: Anchorage

As a result, we can walk, grasp objects, and breathe

Bones serve as an important reservoir for

Calcium

Match the following: Respiratory cartilages

Form the skeleton of the larynx and reinforce other respiratory passages

Correctly match the opening or depression in bone with its correct name: Foramen.

Round or oval opening through a bone

Correctly match the opening or depression in bone with its correct name: Fossa.

Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface

Correctly match the description of the projection with its name: Tubercle.

Small rounded projection or process

Correctly match the description of the projection with its name: Trochanter.

Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Yellow marrow is useful as

a tissue that may revert back to red marrow if a person needs more red blood cells

Cartilage can grow in which of the following ways?

appositional growth and interstitial growth

The bones in the long axis of the body make up the

axial skeleton

Hydroxyapatites in bone matrix that give bone its hardness are primarily composed of

calcium phosphates

Correctly match the opening or depression in bone with its correct name: Meatus.

canal-like passageway

Osteocytes maintain contact allowing them to communicate and permitting nutrients and wastes to be relayed from one osteocyte to the next through

canaliculi

Which of the following are tiny canals that connect the central canal of an osteon to the osteocytes?

canaliculi

Correctly match the bone type with its example: Short bone.

carpal (wrist)

Correctly match the opening or depression in bone with its correct name: Sinus.

cavity within a bone

Cartilage tissue features————-within small cavities called lacunae.

chondrocytes

Match the description to the correct answer regarding bone tissue: Major organic fiber of bone.

collagen

Match the following: Costal cartilages.

connect the ribs to the sternum

Match the following: Articular cartilages.

cover the ends of most bones at moveable joints

Correctly match the definition and term: Expanded portion of the long bone at its ends.

epiphysis

The padlike menisci of the knee joints contain

fibrocartilage

A narrow, slitlike opening in a bone is referred to as a

fissure

Correctly match the opening or depression in bone with its correct name: Groove.

furrow

Correctly match the description of the bony projection with its name: Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck.

head

Which function of bone tissue occurs in the red bone marrow?

hematopoiesis

When problems with blood forming tissue are suspected, clinicians obtain tissue samples from the—————because the red bone marrow in this location is highly active in hematopoiesis.

hip bone

Which of the following is not composed of hyaline cartilage?

intervertebral discs

Match the description to the correct answer Bone with a complex shape.

irregular bone

Match the type of cartilage to its correct description: Elastic cartilage.

located in the external ear and epiglottis

Match the description to the correct answer: Has a length greater than width.

long bone

Correctly match the definition and term: Hollow space in the shaft of a long bone.

medullary cavity

Which of the following is true with respect to hyaline cartilage?

most abundant skeletal cartilage

Correctly match the description of the projection with its name: Crest

narrow ridge of bone

Correctly match the term and description; Bone-building cell.

osteoblast

Correctly match the term and description: Mature bone cell.

osteocyte

All of the following belong to spongy bone, except

osteons

Correctly match the term and description: Bone stem cell.

osteoprogenitor cell

Bone-forming cells originate from

osteoprogenitor cells

Correctly match the definition and term: Fibrous connective tissue membrane that covers the outer surface of long bone.

periosteum

Collagen fibers do not

provide for bone hardness

Which of the following bones belong to the axial skeleton?

ribs

Match the description to the correct answer: Sesame seed-shaped bone formed in a tendon.

sesamoid bone

Correctly match the description of the projection with its name: Spine.

sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Match the description to the correct answer: Approximately equal in length and width.

short bone

Correctly match the definition and term: Location of red bone marrow in an adult.

spongy bone

Correctly match the bone type with its example: Flat bone

sternum (breastbone)

Match the following: Nasal cartilage.

supports external nose

Correctly match the description of the projection with its name: Large, rough, rounded projections

tuberosity

Which of the following is classified as a short bone?

wrist bone

The bones of the skeleton store energy reserves as fat in

yellow marrow