Bones

Question 1

Bones vary in _______ and _______.

Answer 1

Size, shape

Question 2

What makes bones similar to one another?

Answer 2

Structure, development, and function

Question 3

What are three of the six types of bones?

Answer 3

Long, short, flat, sesamoid, irregular, wormian

Question 4

A bone that is longer that it is wide.

Answer 4

Long bone

Question 5

A bone that is cubelike, with roughly equal lengths and widths.

Answer 5

Short bones

Question 6

A bone that is platelike with broad srufaces.

Answer 6

Flat bones

Question 7

A bone that can take a variety of shapes but usually connects with other bones.

Answer 7

Irregular bones

Question 8

A bone that may not be present in every human due to variations during development.

Answer 8

Wormian bones

Question 9

A bone that is round usually found in joints.

Answer 9

Sesamoid bones

Question 10

What is an example of a long bone?

Answer 10

Femur, tibya, fibula

Question 11

What is an example of a short bone?

Answer 11

Carpals, tarsals

Question 12

What is an example of an irregular bone?

Answer 12

Pelvis, vertebral column

Question 13

What is an example of wormian bones?

Answer 13

Extra plates in skull

Question 14

What is an example of a flat bone?

Answer 14

Ribs, skull, scapulae (shoulder bones)

Question 15

What is an example of sesamoid bone?

Answer 15

Patella

Question 16

What are the ends (and middle) of the bones called?

Answer 16

Epiphysis(ends), Diaphysis(middle)

Question 17

What is the outermost layer of the bone?

Answer 17

Periosteum

Question 18

What type of bone is located directly underneath the periosteum?

Answer 18

Compact bone

Question 19

Where is the medullary cavity located?

Answer 19

Within the Diaphysis

Question 20

Name two things that are contained within the medullary cavity?

Answer 20

Endosteum, yellow marrow, spongy bone, blood vessels, nerves

Question 21

What is the purpose of yellow marrow?

Answer 21

To store fat and nutrients

Question 22

What is the purpose of red marrow?

Answer 22

To create red and white blood cells

Question 23

What type of bone is tightly packed due to a continuous extracellular matrix?

Answer 23

Compact Bone

Question 24

What is the term for many branching bony plates within the spongy bone?

Answer 24

Trebeculae

Question 25

Compact bone is composed of many cylindrical chambers called _______.

Answer 25

Osteons