Exam 6: Bones and Skeletal Tissues

Which of the following statements best describes interstitial growth of cartilage?

Mrs. Brown was outside on her patio cleaning windows when she fell off her step ladder and fractured her right hip. She had emergency surgery with an open reduction and internal fixation of the right hip. Three days postoperatively, she asks you if she will have trouble going through airport security. What hasprompted her concern?

At what age do bones reach their peak density?

Compare how nutrients reach individual osteocytes in compact bone and in spongy bone.

Alice and James adopted a 3-year-old child from a developing country. They noticed that her legs were bowed and there were some deformities in her cranial and pelvic bones. They brought her to a physician for a diagnosis. What was the likely diagnosis, and what was the treatment for the disorder?

In humans, the effect of the hormone calcitonin is to ________.

Sixty-five percent of the mass of bone is a compound called hydroxyapatite.

The periosteum is a tissue that serves only to protect the bone because it is not supplied with nerves or blood vessels.

The term osteoid refers to the organic part of the matrix of compact bones.

Which structure allows the diaphysis of the bone to increase in length until early childhood?

The pubic symphysis connects the two hip bones anteriorly and provides a little movement during childbirth. Choose the most appropriate tissue for this structure that is subjected to both pressure and stretch.

Lengthwise, long bone growth during infancy and youth is exclusively through ________.

Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of ________.

Which of the following is the single most important stimulus for epiphyseal plate activity during infancy and childhood?

Which bone would likely take the longest to heal?

Compact bone is replaced more often than spongy bone.

The hormone that is primarily involved in the control of bone remodeling is calcitonin.

When an osteoblast becomes completely surrounded by its own matrix secretions it is referred to as a(n) ________.

The structure of bone tissue suits the function. Which of the following bone tissues is adapted to support weight and withstand torsion stresses?

Skeletal remains are discovered at an archeological site. X-rays of the femur show evidence of a thin epiphyseal plate. This bone likely belonged to which of the following?