Skeletal System

Question 1

List and discuss the six functions of bone tissue

Question 2

Classify bones on the basis of their shape and location

Question 3

List and discuss the major features of a long bone, including the following: diaphysis, epiphyses, metaphyses, epiphyseal line, periosteum, endosteum, medullary cavity, yellow bone marrow, red marrow, and articular cartilage

Question 4

Describe the microscopic structure of bone

Question 5

Discuss the Harvesian system as the structural unit of compact bone by using the following terms: osteocytes, lacunae, lamellae, Harvesian canal, blood vessels, bone matrix and canaliculi

Question 6

Discuss spongy bone in terms of traberculae

Question 7

Define the term ossification

Question 8

Distinguish between intramembraneous ossification and endochondral ossification, and denote which parts of the skeleton are formed by each

Question 9

Discuss the steps involved in intramembraneous ossification

Question 10

Discuss the steps involved in endochondral ossification

Question 11

Discuss bone growth and remodeling

Question 12

Discuss the nutrients and hormones involved in bone growth

Question 13

Fully discuss the mechanisms involved in blood calcium homeostasis, and explain how this is related to bone remodeling

Question 14

Classify the bones of the body into axial and appendicular divisions