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WorksheetsArticular Cartilage and Bone Structure Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What does articular cartilage protect the ends of bones from?
Heat and cold
Friction and shock
Water and air
What is a loss of articular cartilage known as?
Osteoporosis
Arthritis
Tendonitis
Scoliosis
What is the function of the periosteum?
To store fat
To cover the outside of bones
To produce hormones
What fills the spaces in spongy bone?
Yellow marrow
Red marrow
Cartilage
What part of the bone does compact bone make up?
The ends (epiphyses)
The shaft (diaphysis)
Periosteum
What is the periosteum filled with?
Nerve endings
Blood vessels
Fat cells
What allows a bone to grow in width?
Spongy bone
Periosteum
Compact bone
What are epiphyseal plates made of?
Hyaline cartilage
Compact bone
Spongy bone
What lines the medullary cavity?
Endosteum
Periosteum
Epiphyseal plate
What type of tissue is yellow marrow?
Adipose tissue
Nervous tissue
Epithelial tissue
What are the knobby ends of the bone called?
Diaphysis
Epiphyses
Medullary cavity
What is the distal epiphysis?
The epiphysis closer to the trunk
The epiphysis further from the trunk
The hollow space inside the bone
What is the function of the nutrient foramen?
To allow blood vessels to pass through
To produce red blood cells
To ossify cartilage
What do bones need to receive from the blood?
Calcium and phosphorus
Nutrients, oxygen, and hormones
Water and electrolytes
What type of bone is found in the epiphyses?
Compact bone
Spongy bone
Hyaline cartilage
This type of bone is porous, allowing blood vessels to move through it and containing bone marrow.
Compact Bone
Spongy bone
The hardest, most dense part of the bone tissue is the
periosteum
spongy bone
osteoblast
compact bone
the suffix -clast refers to
breaking down
building up
skull
the prefix osteo- refers to
bone
little neck
between/within
the prefix cephal- means
growth
skull
head
the prefix "inter"- means
around
between
within
the five functions of the skeletal system are...
Protection, Manufacturing, Storage, Releasing, Growing
Storage, Protection, Support, Production, Hinge
Storage, Support, Protection, Movement, Manufacturing
In the picture, what is the missing bone shape called...
round bone
regular bone
sesamoid bone
As you get older your marrow turns...
from red to gray
yellow to red
red to yellow
spongy bone is made of little beams that look like a grid or lattice. What are the names of these little beams?
osteons
trabeculae
cavities
