Mr. Seal's Ossification Practice Quiz

Bone forming cells are called...

• osteoblasts
• osteocytes
• osteoclasts
• osteons

The continuous breakdown and reforming of bone tissue is called ______.

• remodeling
• rebuilding
• rehabituation
• renewl

The band of cartilage in the epiphysis where lengthwise bone growth occurs in children is known as the...

• zone of ossification

• ephiphyseal plate

• hyaline plate

• Z line

Cells that break down the calcified matrix of bone:

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteons

• osteocytes

The ends of a long bone are called the

• diaphysis

• epiphyses

• periosteum

• endosteum

Bones can form in two ways, either

• intramembranous and intermembranous

• endochondral and exochondral

• intramembranous and endochondral

• endochondral and intermembranous

The process of bone formation is called

• nitrification

• ossification

• ammonification

• calcification

Bones that originate from fibrous membranes

• partial bones

• chondritic bones

• intramembranous bones

• endochondral bones

Bones that begin as masses of cartilage later replaced by bone tissue.

• intramembranous bones
• entraspecific bones
• ethmodial bones
• endochondral bones

Most bones of the skeleton are formed by...

• endochondral ossification
• gender specific ossification
• intramembranous ossification
• hyaline ossification