Parts of a Long Bone

Structure #2 is the 

• medullary cavity
• periosteum
• epiphysis
• diaphysis

The shiny white substance at #8 is the 

• articular cartilage
• periosteum
• yellow marrow
• diaphysis

Structure #5 is the 

• medullary cavity
• periosteum
• epiphysis
• diaphysis

Structure #7 is the 

• medullary cavity
• periosteum
• epiphysis
• diaphysis

In adults, the substance at #6 would be 

• red marrow
• yellow marrow
• spongy bone
• clotted blood

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The epiphysis is 

• The shaft of a bone
• a bone cell
• the end of a long bone
• the covering of a bone

Periosteum

• the membrane lining the bone cavity
• the tough membrane covering the shaft of the bone
• the shiny, articulating cartilage on the ends of a bone
• the blood vessels inside a bone

Where are blood cells made? 

• Yellow marrow 
• Red marrow
• Spongy Bone 
• Periosteum

Spongy bone would primarily be found where in a bone?

• diaphysis
• epiphysis
• periosteum
• endosteum

What type of bone makes up the diaphysis?

• spongy bone
• compact bone
• rigid bone
• soft bone