Test 2 - Bone Structure

Question 1

Diaphysis

Answer 1

Long part of bone

Shaft

Question 2

Periosterum

Answer 2

Outside tissue that wraps bone

Question 3

Sharpey’s Fibers

Answer 3

“Glues” periosterum to bone

Question 4

Osteoblasts

Answer 4

Build bone

Question 5

Osteoclasts

Answer 5

Degenerate bone

Question 6

Epiphysis

Answer 6

Ends of bone

Question 7

Epiphyseal Line

Answer 7

Divides head from shaft

Growth plate

Question 8

Yellow marrow

Answer 8

Found in the shaft of bone

Mostly adipose

Question 9

Red Marrow

Answer 9

Found in heads of bone

Generates blood cells

Question 10

Endosteum

Answer 10

Inside lining of bone

Question 11

Central (Haversian) Canal

Answer 11

Central channel

Everything grows around this channel

Question 12

Osteocytes

Answer 12

living bone cell

Question 13

Lacunae

Answer 13

Open spaces where osteocytes live

Question 14

Lamellae

Answer 14

Concentric rings

Question 15

Osteon or Haversian System

Answer 15

Channels with nerves, arteries etc and their concentric lamellae
Each “tree”

Question 16

Canaliculi

Answer 16

Tiny blood vessels that connect to lacunae for nutrients

Question 17

Perforating (Volkmann’s) Canals

Answer 17

Connects osteons to one another