ENDOCHONRAL OSSIFICATION

In long bones, bone tissue begins to replace hyaline cartilage in the center of the diaphysis or the_____

• secondary ossification center

• primary ossification center

• 
  medullary ossification center

• transverse ossification center

The band of cartilage in the epiphysis where secondary ossification occurs.

• zone of ossification 

• ephiphyseal plate

• hyaline plate

• Z line

What is the primary ossification site in long bones?

• periosteum

• the epiphysis

• medullary cavity

• the diaphysis

Membrane surrounding a bone is called

• endosteum

• periosteum

• pericardium

• perichondrium

Bone forming cells are called____

• osteoblasts

• osteocytes

• osteoclasts

• osteons

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Multinucleated cells that break down the calcified matrix of bone.

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteons

Bones that begin as masses of cartilage later replaced by bone tissue.

• intramembranous bones

• entraspecific bones

• ethmodial bones

• long bones

Which type of cell is classified as a bone breaker?

• osteoclast

• osteoblast

• osteocyte

• osteon

Where can hyaline cartilage be found at the end of endochondral ossification?

• medullary cavity

• epiphyseal plate growth

• diaphysis

• articular cartilage

You know when someone has stopped growing when you look at their long bones and see this.

• epiphyseal line

• epiphyseal growth plate

• epiphyseal plate

• medullary cavity