bone

Question 1

ossification

Answer 1

replacement of cartilage with bone

Question 2

bone

Answer 2

dense, hard connective tissue of the skeleton

Question 3

osteoblast (cell)

Answer 3

produce immature bony tissue that replaces cartilage

Question 4

osteocyte

Answer 4

nourishes and maintains bone

Question 5

osteoclast

Answer 5

re-absorb or digest bone (remodels bone)

Question 6

bone formation components

Answer 6

depends on calcium, phosphorus, and vit D; calcium phosphate enzyme helps create hard bone

Question 7

mineral of bone, required for nerve transmittal to muscle (inc heart muscles)

Answer 7

calcium

Question 8

calcium level is maintained in blood by (also responsible for secreting a hormone to release calcium from the bone

Answer 8

the parathyroid gland

Question 9

where cartilage is replaced by bone for length-wise bone growth

Answer 9

growth plate, epiphyseal line/plate

Question 10

this cushions the joint

Answer 10

articular cartilage

Question 11

harder & denser bone

Answer 11

compact (cortical) bone

Question 12

vessels, nerves, yellow marrow

Answer 12

haversian canals

Question 13

mesh-like bone tissue (red marrow)

Answer 13

cancellous/spongy/trabecular bone

Question 14

contains yellow bone marrow

Answer 14

medullary cavity

Question 15

membrane within medullary cavity

Answer 15

endosteum

Question 16

bones of the skull, spine, and chest

Answer 16

axial skeleton

Question 17

bones of the upper and lower limbs, shoulder, and pelvis

Answer 17

appendicular skeleton

Question 18

of bones in cranium

Answer 18

8 (2 parietal, 2 temporal, 1 sphenoid, 1 frontal, 1 occipital, 1 ethmoid)

Question 19

facial bones

Answer 19

2 maxillary, 2 zygomatic, 2 nasal, vomer, mandible, 2 lacrimal

Question 20

of vertebrae

Answer 20

24: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar

Question 21

5 fused vertebrae attached to pelvis

Answer 21

sacrum

Question 22

4 fused vertebrae at lower end of spine

Answer 22

coccyx/tailbone

Question 23

of ribs

Answer 23

12 pairs, 7 true ribs, 8-10 false ribs, 11&12 floating ribs