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The Skeletal System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Which of the following is a function of the bone?

a)

internal support and protection

b)

provide attachment for muscles

c)

calcium and phosphate storage

d)

red blood cell formation

2.

Tendons

a)

are surrounded by connective tissue called peritendineum

b)

are composed of collagen fibers oriented in the same direction

c)

are produced bu lacunae cells

d)

cause tendinitis

3.

Chondrocytes are mature cartilage cells found within in the _______ and they are derived from ________

a)

perichondrium, fibroblasts

b)

perichondrium, chondroblasts

c)

lacunae, fibroblasts

d)

lacunae, chondroblasts

4.

Cartilage

a)

often occurs in thin plates or sheets

b)

receives nutrients and oxygen by diffusion

c)

grows as a result of chondroblast formation by the perichondrium

d)

none of the choices

5.

Which of the following substances make up the major portion of bone?

a)

collagen

b)

hydroxyapatite

c)

osteocytes

d)

osteoblasts

6.

The flexibility of bone is due to

a)

osteoclasts

b)

ligaments

c)

calcium salts

d)

collagen fibers

7.

Which of the following connective tissue membranes cover the surface of mature bones?

a)

periosteum

b)

perichondrium

c)

hyaline cartilage

d)

fibroblasts

8.

A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the

a)

epiphysis

b)

perichondrium

c)

diaphysis

d)

articular cartilage

9.

The portion of the long bone that stores yellow marrow in adults is the

a)

medullary cavity

b)

spongy bone

c)

compact bone

d)

epiphysis

10.

Haversian canals

a)

connect Volkmann's canals to canaliculi

b)

connect spongy bone to compact bone

c)

is where red blood cells are produced

d)

are found only in spongy bone

11.

What type of lamellae is found in osteons?

a)

circumferential lamellae

b)

concentric lamellae

c)

insterstitial lamellae

d)

cuboidal lamellae

12.

Intramembranous bone fromation

a)

occurs in the epiphyseal plate

b)

gives rise to the flat bones of the skull

c)

is responsible for bone growth in diameter

d)

occurs within the hyaline cartilage model

13.

The ossification regions formed during embryonic development are

a)

secondary ossification centers

b)

primary ossification centers

c)

cartilage at the ends of bones

d)

medullary cavities

14.

Articular cartilage

a)

is found in the ends of bone

b)

is hyaline catilage

c)

is embryonic cartilage that does not ossify

d)

is at the diaphysis

15.

Growth in the length of bone occurs

a)

at primary ossification center

b)

beneath the periosteum

c)

at the diaphysis

d)

at the epiphyseal plate

16.

The prime function of OSTEOBLASTS is to

a)

prevents osteocytes from forming

b)

resorb bone along the epiphyseal plate

c)

inhibit the growth of bone

d)

be involved in the production salts and collagen fibers

17.

The prime function of OSTEOCLASTS is to

a)

prevent osteoblats from forming

b)

breakdown bone

c)

secrete calcium salts and collagen fibers

d)

form compact bone

18.

in a bone that is no longer growing, where would one be most likely to find an osteoclast?

a)

under the periosteum

b)

epiphyseal plate

c)

articular cartilage

d)

Volkmann's canal

19.

Destruction and remolding of bone may occur

a)

as bones change shape during growth

b)

as bones are subjected to varying patterns of stress

c)

during and following the healing of fractures

d)

when a bone is no longer growing

20.

In the healing of bone fractures

a)

a blood clot forms around the break

b)

a callus is formed

c)

both intramembranous and endochondral ossification are involved

d)

the callus may eventually disappear