Exam 6: Bones and Skeletal Tissue

The cell responsible for secreting the matrix of bone is the ________.

Match the following: A) Canaliculi B) Osteoblasts C) Osteoclasts D) Lamellae E) Endosteum -Cells that can dissolve the bony matrix.

Match the following: A) Coxal bone B) Vertebrae C) Femur D) Occipital bone -Ischial spine

What is found in a Haversian canal?

A long bone forms by a process known as ________ ossification.

Osteogenesis is the process of ________.

Match the following: A) Canaliculi B) Osteoblasts C) Osteoclasts D) Lamellae E) Endosteum -Cells that can build bony matrix.

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

Match the following: A) Osteoporosis B) Paget's disease C) Osteomalacia -Bones are porous and thin but bone composition is normal.

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

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 has prompted her concern?

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

Match the following: A) Canaliculi B) Osteoblasts C) Osteoclasts D) Lamellae E) Endosteum -Layers of bone matrix.

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

The process of bones increasing in width is known as ________.

Match the following: A) Greenstick B) Spiral C) Comminuted -An incomplete fracture or cracking of the bone without actual separation of the parts. Common in children.

Match the following: A) Appositional growth B) Epiphyseal plate C) Epiphyseal line D) Diaphysis E) Chondrocytes -The appearance of this structure signals the end of bone growth.

If your elderly patient's blood calcium level is normal, does that mean the patient does not have osteoporosis? Explain.

Figure 6.1 Using Figure 6.1, match the following bone types with the numbered structure: -Bone 2.

How can a tooth be moved in a bony socket during orthodontic treatment?