1. Match the following descriptions with the correct term:
a. b. c. The type of cartilage that contains elastic and collagen fibers:
a. b. c. The type of cartilage that is flexible and resilient and contains only
collagen fibers:
a. b. c. The type of cartilage that contains rows of thick collagen fibers alternating
with rows of chondrocytes and resists both compression and tension:
a. hyaline cartilage
b. elastic cartilage
c. fibrocartilage
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2. Match the following descriptions with the correct term:
a. b. c. d. e. The center of the diaphysis of long bones, filled with yellow
bone marrow.
a. b. c. d. e. The shaft of a long bone.
a. b. c. d. e. The end of a long bone.
a. b. c. d. e. The remnant of the growth plate.
a. b. c. d. e. The connective tissue membrane that covers the outer surface
of a bone.
a. diaphysis
b. epiphysis
c. periosteum
d. epiphyseal line
e. medullary cavity
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3. Match the following descriptions with the correct term:
a. b. c. A cell that produces new bone matrix is called an
a. b. c. A cell that maintains the surrounding bone matrix is called an
a. b. c. A cell derived from immature blood cells and functions to destroy bone
tissue is called an
a. osteoclast
b. osteocyte
c. osteoblast
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4. Match the following descriptions with the correct term:
a. b. c. d. e. The type of bone tissue that is found in the epiphyses of long
bones and is the location of red bone marrow is called
a. b. c. d. e. Osteocytes in compact bone are located within small cavities
in the matrix called
a. b. c. d. e. A canal running through the middle of an osteon, lined by endosteum.
a. b. c. d. e. Bone tissue composed of osteons that make up the outer layer
of bone in the diaphysis.
a. b. c. d. e. Little canals through the bone matrix that contain extensions
of the osteocytes, connecting neighboring osteocytes to one another.
a. compact bone
b. spongy bone
c. canaliculi
d. central canal
e. lacunae
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5. Match the following descriptions with the correct term:
a. b. c. Bones are porous and thin but bone composition is normal.
a. b. c. Bone formed is poorly mineralized and soft. Defoms on weight-bearing.
a. b. c. Abnormal bone formation and reabsorption.