Skeletal system stores large amounts of
Calcium salts
Skeletal system functions in all of the following except
production of vitamins
The internal portion of an epiphysis consists of
spongy bone
A long bone consists of a --, a long shaft of bone, which extends between two enlarge terminal portions called the ---
diaphysis; epiphyses
Expect for regions covered by articular cartilages, the --- cover the surface of the bone
periosteum
Yellow bone marrow is composed of
Adipose tissue
Cells capable of building bone tissues are ----
osteoblasts
The appendicular skeleton includes
The upper and the lower limbs, the pectoral girdle (shoulder), and the pelvic girdle
Cells that remove bone matrix are
osteoclasts
Select the statement that is not true
Physical activity tends to weaken bone due to the removal of calcium salts
Select the bone that is not part of the cranium
maxilla
The foreman magnum occurs in the
occipital bone
Growth in length of an immature long bone occurs at the
epiphyseal plate
The microscopic structural unit of compact bone is a/an
osteon
The fibrous membrane covering bone is the
periosteum
The medullary cavity in a long bone contains
yellow marrow
The epiphyses of a mature bone are formed of
spongy bone
The substance filling spaces in spongy bone is
red marrow
The bone makes side of the skull is
temporal bone
The concentric rings on the osteon are called
lamellae