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Articular Cartilage and Bone Structure Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does articular cartilage protect the ends of bones from?

a)

Heat and cold

b)

Friction and shock

c)

Water and air

2.

What is a loss of articular cartilage known as?

a)

Osteoporosis

b)

Arthritis

c)

Tendonitis

d)

Scoliosis

3.

What is the function of the periosteum?

a)

To store fat

b)

To cover the outside of bones

c)

To produce hormones

4.

What fills the spaces in spongy bone?

a)

Yellow marrow

b)

Red marrow

c)

Cartilage

5.

What part of the bone does compact bone make up?

a)

The ends (epiphyses)

b)

The shaft (diaphysis)

c)

Periosteum

6.

What is the periosteum filled with?

a)

Nerve endings

b)

Blood vessels

c)

Fat cells

7.

What allows a bone to grow in width?

a)

Spongy bone

b)

Periosteum

c)

Compact bone

8.

What are epiphyseal plates made of?

a)

Hyaline cartilage

b)

Compact bone

c)

Spongy bone

9.

What lines the medullary cavity?

a)

Endosteum

b)

Periosteum

c)

Epiphyseal plate

10.

What type of tissue is yellow marrow?

a)

Adipose tissue

b)

Nervous tissue

c)

Epithelial tissue

11.

What are the knobby ends of the bone called?

a)

Diaphysis

b)

Epiphyses

c)

Medullary cavity

12.

What is the distal epiphysis?

a)

The epiphysis closer to the trunk

b)

The epiphysis further from the trunk

c)

The hollow space inside the bone

13.

What is the function of the nutrient foramen?

a)

To allow blood vessels to pass through

b)

To produce red blood cells

c)

To ossify cartilage

14.

What do bones need to receive from the blood?

a)

Calcium and phosphorus

b)

Nutrients, oxygen, and hormones

c)

Water and electrolytes

15.

What type of bone is found in the epiphyses?

a)

Compact bone

b)

Spongy bone

c)

Hyaline cartilage

16.

This type of bone is porous, allowing blood vessels to move through it and containing bone marrow.

a)

Compact Bone

b)

Spongy bone

17.

The hardest, most dense part of the bone tissue is the

a)

periosteum

b)

spongy bone

c)

osteoblast

d)

compact bone

18.

the suffix -clast refers to

a)

breaking down

b)

building up

c)

skull

19.

the prefix osteo- refers to

a)

bone

b)

little neck

c)

between/within

20.

the prefix cephal- means

a)

growth

b)

skull

c)

head

21.

the prefix "inter"- means

a)

around

b)

between

c)

within

22.

the five functions of the skeletal system are...

a)

Protection, Manufacturing, Storage, Releasing, Growing

b)

Storage, Protection, Support, Production, Hinge

c)

Storage, Support, Protection, Movement, Manufacturing

23.

In the picture, what is the missing bone shape called...

a)

round bone

b)

regular bone

c)

sesamoid bone

24.

As you get older your marrow turns...

a)

from red to gray

b)

yellow to red

c)

red to yellow

25.

spongy bone is made of little beams that look like a grid or lattice. What are the names of these little beams?

a)

osteons

b)

trabeculae

c)

cavities