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  1. What is the main function of bone marrow?

Supporting internal organs
Keeping the spine straight
Storing minerals
Producing blood cells

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Storing minerals 47. skeletal5Fsystem

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  1. Which of the following is false about how bones form.

As the body grows, the much of the cartilage in the skeleton is replaced with hard bone tissue.
By the time the body stops growing, most of the cartilage has been replaced with bone
Cartilage covers the ends of many bones in the body of an adult.
Much of an infant’s skeleton is cartilage.
All are true.
All are false

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All are true 47. skeletal5Fsystem

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  1. The vertebrae that allows the neck to pivot is
atlas
axis
osteon
L1
Which term best describes compact bone?
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Axis 47. skeletal5Fsystem

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  1. Normally, there are seven
cervical vertebrae
thoracic vertebrae
lumbar vertebrae
vertebrae fused to form the coccyx
vertebrae fused to form the sacrum
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Cervical vertebrae 47. skeletal5Fsystem

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