Which is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

• Storage of fat and minerals

• Support the body

• Protection of soft body organs

• Regulation of blood pressure

Cube-shaped bones that contain mostly spongy bone

• Flat

• Long

• Short

• Irregular

Small canals that connect osteocytes in their lacunae to the central canal

• Canaliculi

• Perforating (Volkmann's) canals

• Central (Haversian) canals

• Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers

The process of bone formation

• Hematopoiesis

• Hemostasis

• Metabolism

• Ossification

Mothers who breast-feed their children will lose a percentage of calcium from their bones. Which hormone is responsible for raising blood calcium levels when they drop below homeostatic levels?

• Calcitonin

• Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)

• Insulin

• Growth Hormone

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The first step in bone healing involving the formation of a blood-filled swelling

• Epiphyseal line

• Bony callus

• Hematoma

• Fibrocartilage callus

An incomplete bone break, commonly seen in children

• Spiral

• Greenstick

• Impacted

• Comminuted

The skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage

• Appendicular

• Central

• Axial

• Main

The large hole located in the base of the occipital bone that allows the spinal cord and brain to connect

• Occipital condyle

• Vertebral foramen

• Intervertebral foramen

• Foramen magnum

From superior to inferior, what is the correct order of the vertebrae?

• Lumbar, thoracic, cervical

• Cervical, lumbar, thoracic

• Cervical, thoracic, lumbar

• Sacral, cervical, lumbar