Bone Tissue and The Skeleton Review Assignment

Question 1

Spongy bone is also called ______.

Answer 1

cancellous bone

Question 2

Mature cartilage ______ blood supply.

Answer 2

lacks a

Question 3

The type of cartilage that forms intervertebral discs is ______.

Answer 3

fibrocartilage

Question 4

What is the elongated cylindrical shaft of a long bone called?

Answer 4

diaphysis

Question 5

A thin line of compact bone in the epiphysis of a mature bone is called the ______.

Answer 5

epiphyseal line

Question 6

Which blood vessel supplies the diaphysis of a long bone?

Answer 6

nutrient artery

Question 7

An incomplete layer of cells that lines the medullary cavity of a bone is called ______.

Answer 7

endosteum

Question 8

The diaphysis of a bone is the ______ of a bone.

Answer 8

shaft

Question 9

True or false: The innervation of bone is mainly composed of sensory nerves that signal injuries to the skeleton.

Answer 9

true

Question 10

Bone is a type of ______ tissue.

Answer 10

connective

Question 11

True or False: Bone has a poor supply of blood vessels.

Answer 11

false

Question 12

One bone is supplied by ______.

Answer 12

many blood vessels

Question 13

When osteoblasts become entrapped in the matrix they produce, they become cells called ______.

Answer 13

osteocytes

Question 14

Another term for bone tissue is ______ connective tissue.

Answer 14

osseous

Question 15

Osteoblasts function to ______.

Answer 15

produce osteoid

Question 16

True or false: The innervation of bone is mainly composed of sensory nerves that signal injuries to the skeleton.

Answer 16

true

Question 17

______ are large phagocytic cells found in bone.

Answer 17

Osteoclasts

Question 18

Bone formation requires ______.

Answer 18

phosphate, calcium, and vitamin D

Question 19

Osteocytes are ______.

Answer 19

mature bone cells

Question 20

Osteoclasts are ______.

Answer 20

cells that break down bone

Question 21

Another name for the calcification of bone is _____________.

Answer 21

mineralization

Question 22

Mature bone cells derived from osteoblasts that have lost their bone-forming ability when enveloped by calcified osteoid are called ______.

Answer 22

osteocytes

Question 23

______ remove bone matrix and ______ add to it.

Answer 23

Osteoclasts; osteoblasts