chapter 6 - bone tissue

Question 1

what are the three sections of bone?

Answer 1

diaphysis, epiphysis, and metaphysis

Question 2

what part of the bone does not fuse until you stop growing?

Answer 2

epiphyseal growth plate

Question 3

what is growth in length of bone?

Answer 3

interstitial growth

Question 4

what is the shaft of a bone?

Answer 4

diaphysis

Question 5

what are the two ends of a long bone?

Answer 5

epiphysis

Question 6

what is the area where the epiphysis and diaphysis join?

Answer 6

metaphysis

Question 7

what helps reduce friction, absorb shock, and most abundant type of cartilage?

Answer 7

hyaline cartilage

Question 8

what is the weakest cartilage?

Answer 8

hyaline cartilage

Question 9

what is the hardness of bone dependent on?

Answer 9

extracellular matrix

Question 10

what builds bone?

Answer 10

osteoblasts

Question 11

what maintains bone?

Answer 11

osteoclasts

Question 12

what are the two types of bone?

Answer 12

compact and spongy

Question 13

what of the two bone types is stronger?

Answer 13

compact

Question 14

what type of fracture is it where one or both bones are open to the outside?

Answer 14

open (compound fracture)

Question 15

what type of fracture contains splintered bone, broken into pieces?

Answer 15

comminuted fracture

Question 16

what type of fracture looks like a broken green twig?

Answer 16

greenstick fracture

Question 17

what type of fracture is it when the distal part of the bone is saved up into the proximal part?

Answer 17

impacted fracture

Question 18

what type of fracture occurs at the distal end of the fibula?

Answer 18

potts fracture

Question 19

what type of fracture is a fracture of the distal radius or ulna?

Answer 19

colles fracture

Question 20

what protects bone marrow?

Answer 20

spongy bone

Question 21

what are the two methods by which bones grow?

Answer 21

thickness and length

Question 22

what is appositional growth?

Answer 22

growth in thickness

Question 23

what is interstitial growth?

Answer 23

growth in length

Question 24

where does interstitial growth occur?

Answer 24

at the epiphyseal plate

Question 25

which bones are greater in length than width?

Answer 25

long bones

Question 26

what bones are cube shaped?

Answer 26

short bones

Question 27

what bones are two parallel pieces of compact bone on the outside with a spongy center?

Answer 27

flat bone

Question 28

what bones are complex shapes that aren't categorized into other bones?

Answer 28

irregular bones (ex hipbones, vertebrae, facial bones)

Question 29

what bones are shaped like sesame seeds?

Answer 29

sesamoid bones

Question 30

what are small bones sometimes located within structures?

Answer 30

structural bones