The Skeletal System

Which of the following is a function of the bone?

• internal support and protection

• provide attachment for muscles

• calcium and phosphate storage

• red blood cell formation

Tendons

• are surrounded by connective tissue called peritendineum

• are composed of collagen fibers oriented in the same direction

• are produced bu lacunae cells

• cause tendinitis

Chondrocytes are mature cartilage cells found within in the _______ and they are derived from ________

• perichondrium, fibroblasts

• perichondrium, chondroblasts

• lacunae, fibroblasts

• lacunae, chondroblasts

Cartilage

• often occurs in thin plates or sheets

• receives nutrients and oxygen by diffusion

• grows as a result of chondroblast formation by the perichondrium

• none of the choices

Which of the following substances make up the major portion of bone?

• collagen

• hydroxyapatite

• osteocytes

• osteoblasts

The flexibility of bone is due to

• osteoclasts

• ligaments

• calcium salts

• collagen fibers

Which of the following connective tissue membranes cover the surface of mature bones?

• periosteum

• perichondrium

• hyaline cartilage

• fibroblasts

A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the

• epiphysis

• perichondrium

• diaphysis

• articular cartilage

The portion of the long bone that stores yellow marrow in adults is the

• medullary cavity

• spongy bone

• compact bone

• epiphysis

Haversian canals

• connect Volkmann's canals to canaliculi

• connect spongy bone to compact bone

• is where red blood cells are produced

• are found only in spongy bone