Exam 6: The Skeletal System: Axial Division

Pathologic fractures occur in a diseased bone and involve slight or no physical trauma.

The type of cartilage that comprises the epiglottis is

Which of the following statements about woven bone is false?

Osteoid is

The only membrane bone that occurs inferior to the skull is the

The cell responsible for secreting the matrix of bone is the

Microscopic inspection of hyaline cartilage would show prominent parallel bundles of collagen fibers.

Which of these diseases is more prevalent in children, and was exceedingly common in the United States and other industrialized nations before vitamin D was added to milk?

The type of cartilage that forms the long bones of the embryonic skeleton is

The delivers osteoblasts and osteoclasts to the primary center of ossification.

A long bone may be characterized by two diaphyses and one epiphysis.

A(n) is common in older persons and is a projection on a bone due to abnormal bone overgrowth.

A large, multinucleate cell with a ruffled border is an

Which bone cell type secretes hydrochloric acid?

Osteocytes, residing within lacunae, are connected via canaliculi.

Most bone disorders are characterized by bone loss; which of these diseases is characterized by excessive bone deposition?

Figure 6.2 Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Which letter indicates the space where microscopic blood vessels and nerves pass through the center of the osteon?

A disease that is characterized by excessive and abnormal remodeling of bone tissue and affects 3% of the elderly is

Cartilage is strong in resisting twisting and bending but weak in resisting tension and compression.

In the bone matrix, osteoblasts become