Skeletal System Vocabulary Quiz

Cells responsible for tearing down old bone tissue.

• Osteoblast

• Osteoclast

• Osteocytes

• All of these

Cells responsible for building new bone tissue.

• Osteoclast

• Osteoblast

• Osteocytes

• All of these

Area of the bone where red or yellow marrow is stored.

• Periosteum

• Medullary cavity

• Epiphysis

• Diaphysis

Membrane covering of all bones.

• Medullary cavity

• Epiphysis

• Articular cartilage

• Periosteum

The process of hardening bones from cartilage.

• Osteocyte

• Hematogenesis

• Hematpoiesis

• Ossification

An individual unit of compact bone that contains nerve cells and arteries. Also called "Haversian's Canals".

• Medullary cavity

• Trabeculae

• Volkmann's canal

• Osteons

When Ca⁺ blood levels are decreased, this gland secrets PTH to stimulate osteoclasts to break down bone.

• Thyroid

• Parathyroid

• Pituitary

• Pancreas

Runs perpendicularly to Haversian canals and feeds blood vessels and nerve cells from the periosteum.

• Osteon

• Trabeculae

• Chondrocyte

• Volkmann's canal

These are found in spongy bone. They are interconnected plates that help bones to resist bending and twisting.

• Haversian canal

• Trabeculae

• Periosteum

• Epiphysis

This process results in new blood cell formation.

• Ossification

• Chondrocyte

• Diaphysis

• Hematogenesis