front 1 Mature bones cells are termed what? | back 1 Osteocytes |
front 2 A lack of exercise would result in what type of bones? | back 2 Thin, and brittle bones |
front 3 When stress is applied to a bone, what happens? | back 3 Osteoblast activity increases |
front 4 The normal loss of bones that occurs with aging is called what? | back 4 Osteopenia |
front 5 The longest and heaviest bone in the body is the what? | back 5 Femur |
front 6 Decreasing the angle between bones is termed.. | back 6 Flexion |
front 7 Increasing the angle between bones is termed.. | back 7 Extension |
front 8 When the epiphyseal plate is replaced by bone, what does that mean? | back 8 Long bones have reached their adult length |
front 9 Nodding your head up and down is an example of what? | back 9 Flexion and extension |
front 10 What is great? Osteoclast activity when calcitonin is absent or present? | back 10 Osteoclast activity when calcitonin is absent |
front 11 Vitamin D is necessary for what? | back 11 Absorption and transport of calcium and phosphate ions |
front 12 The Parathyroid hormone.. | back 12 - stimulates osteoclast activity -increases the rate of calcium absorption -decreases the rate of calcium excretion -does stimulates osteoclast activity and decreases the rate of calcium excretion only (all of these is the correct answer) |
front 13 Cells that synthesize the organic commonest of the bone matrix are termed what? | back 13 Osteoblasts |
front 14 Large, multinucleated cells that can dissolve the bony matrix are termed what? | back 14 Osteoclasts |
front 15 The medullary cavity of bones contained what? | back 15 Marrow |
front 16 The shaft of a long bone is called what? | back 16 The diaphysis |
front 17 When sexual hormone production increases, bone growth does what? | back 17 Accelerates rapidly |
front 18 The most abundant mineral in the human body is what? | back 18 Calcium |
front 19 Elevated levels of calcium ion in the blood stimulates the secretion of the hormone what? | back 19 Calcitonin |
front 20 The hormone calcitonin function to what? | back 20 Increase the rate of bone deposition |
front 21 Which is greater? Blood calcium levels when parathyroid hormone is increased or decreased? | back 21 Blood calcium levels when parathyroid hormone is increased |