The Skeletal System

What is the outer most coating of a bone called?

• spongy bone

• periosteum

• foramen

• compact bone

Primary bone cell and most common type of bone cell

• osteoclast

• osteocyte

• osteogenic cell

• osteoblast

Bone stem cells

• osteocytes

• osteogenic cells

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

Bone cell responsible for forming or building new bone

• osteoblast

• osteoclast

• osteocyte

• Osteogenic cell

Bone cell responsible for cleaning, bone resorption, or breakdown

• osteocyte

• osteoclast

• osteoblast

• osteogenic cell

What purpose does yellow bone marrow serve?

• make new blood cells

• calcium production

• energy and fat storage

• protection

What purpose does red bone marrow serve?

• produces red blood cells

• protects the spongy bone

• shock absorption

• energy and fat storage

What vital mineral is stored in the bones?

• vitamin a

• vitamin b

• calcium

• magnesium

Which of the following is NOT an example of how the bones protect?

• skull protecting the brain

• carpals and metacarpals protecting the hand and wrist

• vertebrae protecting the spinal cord

• rib cage protecting the heart and lungs

All the bones that make up your limbs are referred to as -

• the axial skeleton

• action bones

• false bones

• the appendicular skeleton