Skeletal System Vocabulary Quiz

the shaft of a long bone

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• medullary cavity

the end of the long bone

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• medullary cavity

fiberous connective tissue covering on the surface of a bone

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• medullary cavity

cavity containing marrow within the diaphysis of a long bone

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• medullary cavity

hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints

• articular cartilage

• epiphyseal plate

• endochondral bone

• intramembranous bone

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

bone that begins as hyaline cartilage that is subsequently replaced by bone tissue

• articular cartilage

• epiphyseal plate

• endochondral bone

• intramembranous bone

cartilaginous layer within the long bone epiphysis that grows

• articular cartilage

• epiphyseal plate

• endochondral bone

• intramembranous bone

bone that forms from the membranelike layers of primitive connective tissue

• articular cartilage

• epiphyseal plate

• endochondral bone

• intramembranous bone

dense tissue in which cells are organized in osteos with no spaces

• compact bone

• spongy bone

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces; also known as cancellous bone

• compact bone

• spongy bone

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts