Skeletal System 2

The process of manufacturing blood cells is called hematopoiesis.​

• True

• False

Tendons are tough connective tissue structures that attach bones to bones.​

• True

• False

There are 14 thoracic vertebrae.​

• True

• False

Because the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs do not attach anteriorly, they are called floating ribs

• True

• False

The bones of the wrist are called tarsals

• True

• False

The ____ system includes all the bones of the body and their associated cartilage, tendons, and ligaments.​

• Integumentary

• Urinary

• Skeletal

• Muscular

The fibrovascular membrane that covers bone is called the ____.​

• periosteum

• perichondrium

• endosteum

• osseus

The type of bone cell responsible for the reabsorption of bone is called an ____.​

• osteocyte

• osteoblast

• osteogenic cell

• osteoclast

The term for the formation of bone is called ____.​

• calcification

• ossification

• fontenellation

• chondrification

The central canal of an osteon is surrounded by concentric rings of bone, each layer of which is called a(n) ____.​

• canaliculus

• lamella

• lacuna

• perforating canal