The Skeletal System

Which of these are examples of short bones

• femur and humerus

• skull and sternum

• carpals and tarsals

• vertebrae and coxal

Bone shaft

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• articular cartilage

• periosteum

When bone grows longitudinally, there must be a remnant that indicates bone growth. What do you call this?

• epiphysis

• diaphysis

• epiphyseal plate

• epiphyseal line

The communication pathways from outside the bones to its interior.

• Haversian canals

• Canaliculi

• Volkman's canals

• Lacunae

The bone destroyers.

• Osteocytes

• Osteoblasts

• Osteoclasts

• Phagocytes

End of the long bone.

• Diaphysis

• Epiphysis

• Perostieum

• Articular cartilage

Why do long bones have cartilage in their ends?

• to reduce friction

• to give way to the growing bone

• to provide movemnet

• to destroy bones

Newborn babies have _____________ bones.

• 206

• 210

• 280

• 305

What kind of tissue is bone?

• epithelial

• nervous

• muscular

• connective

What is suture?

• a bone

• a muscle

• a fracture

• the immovable joint in the skull