Midterm Flashcards
(79 cards)
The most common type of cartilage is ___ cartilage
Hyaline
The articular cartilage of a typical long bone is composed of what type of cartilage?
Hyaline cartilage
The lacunae of osseous tissue contain
Osteocytes
What structure are highlighted? (Looks like cells with dots in the middle)
Lacunae
Chondrocytes are to cartilage as osteocytes are to
Bone
In compact bone, the osteons
Are lined up in the same direction
Which of the following is a characteristic of bone?
The matrix of the bone is very dense and contains deposits of calcium salts
Which of the following labels best matches osteocyte?
Mature bone cell
The narrow passageway that contains cytoplasmic extensions of osteocytes are called
Canaliculi
Which structures are highlighted? (Circle bone pointing at a line in the circle)
Lacunae
The central canal of an osteon contains
Blood vessels
The trabeculae of spongy bone
Are organized along stress lines
Which structure is highlighted? (Two dots connected to get other)
Perforating canal
The space occupied by an osteocyte is called a
Lacuna
The type of cartilage that is found in the external ear is
Elastic
Which structure is characteristic of spongy bone?
5
The functional unit of compact bone is the ___. (Circle with dots, bone)
Osteon
Identify the tissue type. (Purple with lots of lines with white and little red dots in line)
Fibrocartillage
Identify the structures labeled 4
Concentric lamellae
Cartilage is separated from surrounding tissues by a fibrous
Perichondrium
The odontiod process is found on the
Axis
Identify the structure labeled 7. (Scapula)
Spine
Which of these is a forearm bone?
Radius
The ribs articulate with the
Thoracic vertebrae