PdBio Chp 6

The process of blood cell production is called?

hemopoiesis
In osteolysis the liberated calcium
A. enters the blood
B. Enters bone matrix
C enters bone marrow

Enters the blood
what characterizes articular cartilage?
- it functions to reduce friction in joints
- it cover an epiphysis
- it is composed of hyaline cartilage
Bones of the skeleton function as ______ that are pulled when skeletal muscles contract

levers
Osteoprogenitor cells produce
- stem cells
- a cell that becomes an osteoblast
What are the microscopic parts of bone?
- trabeculae
- concentric lamellae
- circumferential lamellae
- centralcanal
- periosteum
- perforating canal
in intramembranous ossification, newly formed bone that is immature and not well organized is called?
A. endochondral bone
B. woven bone
C. secondary bone
D. lamellar bone

Woven Bone
A bone's growth in diameter is called ______ growth

appositional
what characterize canaliculi?
- Nutrients pass through them
- they contain osteocyte cytoplasmic extensions
- they extend from lacunae to lacunae.
a thin layer of hyaline cartilage covering an epiphysis of a lone bone is called

articular cartilage
what artery is inside the bone?

Nutrient artery
describe an osteon?
- it is microscopic
- it contians a central canal
- it runs parallel to the diaphysis of a long bone
- it is also called a Haversian systerm
the region of a mature bone between the diaphysis and epiphysis is the ____________

metaphysis

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PdBio Chp 6

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2011-10-03T20:59:11Z

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