Chapter 5 A&P

It has an extracellular matrix

Blood is considered connective tissue because:

Compressional strength

Calcium salts give bone its:

Torsional Strength

Most fractures occur because bones lack:

Bone fracture

Osteoporosis increases a patient's risk for:

Ectoderm, Endoderm, and andmesoderm

Soon after conception, the cells of the fertilized egg organize into which layers?

diaphysis

The central, shaft like portion of a long bone is called the:

Osteoporosis

The condition in which bones lose so much mass they become extremely brittle is called:

Epiphysis

The head of a long bone is called the:

Contains blood vessels and bone forming cells

The periostem is crucial to bone survival because it:

Long Bones

The process of endochondral ossification begins:

Cartilage

A fetus's first skeleton is composed primarily of:

Pathologic

A fracture in a diseased or weakened bone, usually the result of a force that would not fracture a healthy bone

Cancellous bone

The type of bone found in the ends of long bones and in the centers of most other bones is:

Regeneration

The type of healing that occurs when damaged tissue heals and is replaced by new, functional tissue is called:

Cell Function

Tissues are categorized into four main groups based on:

8 to 12 weeks

Uncomplicated fractures heal in

Neural, connective, muscular, and epithelial

What are the four categories of tissue?

It stimulates osteocytes to create new bone

What effect does physical stress have on a bone?

Compound

What is the name of a fracture in which the bone pierces the skin?

Osteon

What is the name of the basic structural unit of bone?

Its matrix is hard and calcified

What makes bone unique from other connective tissue?

2 years

When does the skull become completely ossified?

Stem cells

Which cells can develop into many different cell types?

White blood cells

Which cells clean up cellular debris and bacteria in a wound?

Flat bones

Which classification of bone protects organs or provides a large surface area for the attachment of muscles?

Exocrine

Which glands secrete their products into ducts that empty onto a body surface?

Mucous

Which membranes line body surfaces that open directly to the body's exterior?

No blood supply and depends completely on the connective tissue beneath it

Which of the following statements about epithelial tissue is true?

Red bone marrow

Which part of the bone produces blood cells?

Axon

Which part of the neuron transmits impulses to other cells?

Consists of a layer of hyaline cartilage and the site of bone lengthening

Which statement about the epiphyseal plate is correct?

Articular cartilage

Which substance covers the surface of the epiphysis of a long bone?

Adipose

Which tissue helps to insulate the body to conserve body heat?

Epithelial Tissue

Which tissue is a continuous sheet of tightly packed cells and covers the body's surface, lines body cavities?

Connective

Which tissue is the most widespread and varied of all the tissues?

Osteoblasts

Which type of bone cell helps form bone, specifically the bone's matrix?

Fibrocartilage

Which type of cartilage makes up the discs in the vertebrae?

Osteocytes

Which type of cell assists with the regulation of blood levels of calcium and phosphate?

Simple columnar epithelium

Which type of epithelial tissue lines the digestive tract and secretes mucous from its goblet cells?