Quiz on Histological Types of Bone

What type of bone is formed from irregular and random arrangement of cells and collagen?

• Lamellar bone

• Woven bone

• Compact bone

• Cancellous bone

Which type of bone is approximately 80% of all lamellar bone?

• Immature bone

• Compact bone

• Woven bone

• Cancellous bone

What is the primary structural unit of compact bone called?

• Osteon

• Lacunae

• Endosteum

• Trabeculae

What type of ossification occurs directly from fibrous connective tissue membranes?

• Endochondral ossification

• Intramembranous ossification

• Osteogenic ossification

• Appositional ossification

Where is spongy bone primarily found?

• In the outer layer of bones

• In the diaphysis of long bones

• In the ends of long bones and inside flat bones

• In the periosteum

What is the process of bone formation called?

• Osteolysis

• Osteogenesis

• Osteomalacia

• Osteoporosis

What type of bone is characterized by a latticework of thin plates?

• Compact bone

• Woven bone

• Cancellous bone

• Immature bone

What is the zone of the epiphyseal plate where cartilage cells are actively dividing?

• Zone of Proliferating Cartilage

• Zone of Ossification

• Zone of Resting Cartilage

• Zone of Hypertrophic Cartilage

What type of bone is formed during the healing of fractures?

• Lamellar bone

• Woven bone

• Cancellous bone

• Compact bone

What is the term for the soft mass of tissue that forms after a fracture?

• Procallus

• Callus

• Osteoid

• Hematoma