Skeletal System Test Review

Which of the following are functions of the skeletal system? (MARK ALL THAT APPLY)

• Blood Cell Formation

• Support the Body

• Protect Vital Organs

• Storage (minerals and fat)

Cranial Bones are examples of ______ type bones.

• Long

• Short

• Flat

• Irregular

What is the function of the medullary cavity in bones?

• Help bones slide smoothly with little friction

• Storage of yellow and red bone marrow

• Connective tissue covering

• support and flexibility

What is found in the haversian canal?

• Blood vessels and nerve fibers

• lamella

• osteons

• trabeculae

Which bone cell is responsible for breaking down old bones?

• Osteocytes

• Osteoblasts

• Osteoclasts

• Ossification

What is one thing that occurs right after primary ossification occurs?

• Cartilage Model Forms

• Periosteum forms

• Bones grows until epiphyseal plate is left

• Medullary cavity is created

When you break a bone a hematoma forms, then a cartilaginous callus forms, what happens next?

• Osteoblasts form spongy bone and replace the cartilage

• The hemorrhaged blood clots

• Blood vessels form

• Bone remodeling occurs