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Warm-Up: Bone Structure & Formation (pp 137-141)

Multiple Choice: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The factor(s) that determine where bone matrix is to be remodeled is (are):
A
sex hormones
B
growth hormone
C
stresses of gravity and muscle pull on the skeleton
D
parathyroid hormone (PTH)
E
calcium level of the blood
 

 2. 

Bone growth that occurs due to weight lifting at age 40 is most likely:
A
endochondrial ossification
B
none since bones do not grow after adolescence
C
appositional ossification
D
periosteum
E
occurring at the epiphyseal plates
 

True/False: Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 3. 

Hematopoiesis refers to the formation of blood cells within the red marrow cavities of certain bones.
 

 4. 

Articular cartilage covers the diaphysis of long bones.
 

 5. 

The arrangement of lamellae around central (Haversian) canals forms osteons.
 

 6. 

Osteoblasts respond to the parathyroid hormone (PTH).
 

Matching
 
 
Match the following:
A
osteoclasts
B
osteoblasts
C
lacunae
D
osteocytes
E
epiphyseal line
F
epiphyseal plate
G
Sharpey's fibers
H
lamellae
I
canaliculi
J
osteons
 

 7. 

Cells that can dissolve the bony matrix
 

 8. 

Layers of calcification that are found in bone
 

 9. 

Small channels that radiate through the matrix of bone
 

 10. 

Cells that can build bony matrix
 

 11. 

Area where bone growth takes place
 

Essay
 

 12. 

List and discuss the structures of a long bone.







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 13. 

Explain how the anatomy of compact bone differs from that of spongy bone.




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 14. 

Explain how bones are remodeled in response to parathyroid hormone (PTH).




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 15. 

If 6-year-old Sarah fell and broke her femur, damaging the proximal epiphyseal plate, what might she expect as she grows older? What is an epiphyseal plate and why is it significant to this situation?
 



 
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