Skeletal System

Question 1

Epiphysis

Answer 1

is an enlarged area on the ends of long bones that articulates with other bones.

Question 2

Articular Cartilage

Answer 2

is a layer of hyaline cartilage covering the end surface of the epiphysis.

Question 3

Diaphysis

Answer 3

is the bone shaft between epiphyses.

Question 4

Compact bone tissue

Answer 4

forms the hard bone found in the shafts of long bones and along the outside of flat bones.

Question 5

Cancellous bone

Answer 5

Located inside long bones and flat bones, consists of irregular shaped spaces defined by thin, bony plates.

Question 6

Medullary cavity

Answer 6

is a hollow chamber formed in the shaft of long bones that is filled with yellow bone marrow.

Question 7

Marrow

Answer 7

is the connective tissue filling in the cavities of bones that forms red and white blood cells.

Question 8

Axial skeleton

Answer 8

is made up of bones of the skull, thorax, vertebral column, and the hyoid bone.

Question 9

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 9

us made up of bones of the shoulder, upper extremities, hips, and lower extremities.