Term
| One function of bone is to produce red and white blood cells. These cells are made in what substance |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Bones forming the roof of the skull and the scapula are referred to as__________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Mature bone cells found in lacunae are called ____________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Giant multinucleated cells involved in the process of osteolysis are ___________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Unlike compact bone, spongy bone, or cancellous bone, resembles a network of bony struts separated by spaced that are normally filled with ___________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Spongy bone is found primarily at which part of long bones? |
|
Definition
| expanded ends, where they articulate with other skeletal elements. |
|
|
Term
| During intramembranous ossification, the developing bone grows outward from the ossification center in small struts called ______________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| When osteoblasts begin to differentiate with a mesenchymal of fibrous connective tissue, the process is called _____________. |
|
Definition
| intramembranous ossification |
|
|
Term
| The process during which bones begin developement as cartilage models and the cartilage is later replaced by bone is called _________________. |
|
Definition
| endochondral ossification |
|
|
Term
| The region known as the epiphyseal plate is the area where ____________. |
|
Definition
| Cartilage is being replaced by bone |
|
|
Term
| The bony skeleton begins to form about ________ after fertilization and usually does not stop growing until about age ____________ years. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The process of replacing other tissues with bone is called ___________________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which bone disorder is characterized by the formation of bone in wrong places after minor injury? |
|
Definition
| fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva |
|
|
Term
| What is the condition that produces a reduction in bone mass sufficicient to compromise normal function? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Growth hormone from the pituitary gland and thyroxine from the thyroid gland maintain normal bone growth activity at the ______________. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Pott's fracture is identified primarily by____________________________> |
|
Definition
| a break in both lower leg bones at the ankle. |
|
|
Term
| Which anatomical term describes a rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Where is a sesamoid bone most often found? |
|
Definition
| near joints at the knee, the hands, and the feet. |
|
|
Term
| Osteolysis is an important process in the regulation of ________________________. |
|
Definition
| calcium and phosphate concentrations in body fluids. |
|
|
Term
| A girl born with nonfunctioning ovaries could be expected to have a deficiency in the activity of which type of cell? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The thyroid regulates bone growth and maintenance through its production of what hormone? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| when the calcium ion concentration of the blood rises above normal, secretion of the hormone calcitonin______________. |
|
Definition
| increases the rate of calcium ion excretion. |
|
|
Term
| The fibers of tendons intermingle with those of the periosteum, attaching ___________. |
|
Definition
| skeletal muscles to bones |
|
|
Term
| The type of fracture that occurs in vertebrae subject to extreme stresses is a _____________ fracture. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which vitamins are specifically required for normal bone growth? |
|
Definition
|
|
