2) Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of ________.
A) fat
B) blood-forming cells
C) elastic tissue
D)
Sharpeyʹs fibers
Answer: A
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3) The cell responsible for secreting the matrix of bone is the ________.
A) osteocyte
B) osteoblast
C) osteoclast
D)
chondrocyte
Answer: B
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4) What kind of tissue is the forerunner of long bones in the embryo?
A) elastic connective tissue
B) dense fibrous connective
tissue
C) fibrocartilage
D) hyaline cartilage
Answer: D
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6) A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the ________.
A) epiphysis
B) metaphysis
C) diaphysis
D)
articular cartilage
Answer: C
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12) The most abundant skeletal cartilage type is ________.
A) hyaline
B) elastic
C) fibrocartilage
D)
epiphyseal
Answer: A
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14) The structural unit of compact bone is ________.
A) osseous
matrix
B) spongy bone
C) lamellar bone
D) the
osteon
Answer: D
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15) Bones are covered and lined by a protective tissue called
periosteum. The inner (osteogenic)
layer consists primarily of ________.
A) cartilage and compact bone
B) marrow and osteons
C)
osteoblasts and osteoclasts
D) chondrocytes and
osteocytes
Answer: C
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16) The periosteum is secured to the underlying bone by dense connective tissue called ________.
A) Volkmannʹs canals
B) a bony matrix with hyaline cartilage
C) Perforating (Sharpeyʹs ) fibers
D) the struts of bone
known as spicules
Answer: C
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17) The canal that runs through the core of each osteon (the
Haversian canal) is the site of
________.
A) cartilage and interstitial lamellae
B) osteoclasts and
osteoblasts
C) yellow marrow and spicules
D) blood vessels
and nerve fibers
Answer: D
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18) The small spaces in bone tissue that are holes in which osteocytes live are called ________.
A) lacunae
B) Volkmannʹs canals
C) Haversian canals
D) trabeculae
Answer: A
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20) The process of bones increasing in width is known as ________.
A) closing of the epiphyseal plate
B) long bones reaching
adult length and width
C) appositional growth
D)
concentric growth
Answer: C
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21) Bones are constantly undergoing resorption for various reasons.
Which of the following cells
accomplishes this process?
A) osteoclast
B) osteocyte
C) osteoblast
D) stem
cell
Answer: A
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22) Which hormone increases osteoclast activity to release more
calcium ions into the
bloodstream?
A) calcitonin
B) thyroxine
C) parathyroid hormone
D) estrogen
Answer: C
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23) Vertebrae are considered ________ bones.
A) long
B) flat
C) short
D) irregular
Answer: D
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27) Cranial bones develop ________.
A) from cartilage models
B) within fibrous membranes
C)
from a tendon
D) within osseous membranes
Answer: B
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32) In the epiphyseal plate, cartilage grows ________.
A) by pulling the diaphysis toward the epiphysis
B) by pushing
the epiphysis away from the diaphysis
C) from the edges inward
D) in a circular fashion
Answer: B
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33) Spongy bones are made up of a framework called ________.
A) osteons
B) lamellar bone
C) trabeculae
D)
osseous lamellae
Answer: C
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34) Osteogenesis is the process of ________.
A) making a cartilage model of the fetal bone
B) bone
destruction to liberate calcium
C) bone formation
D)
making collagen fibers for calcified cartilage
Answer: C
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