Bone Basics Quiz

The skeleton is made of both cartilage and bone.

• True

• False

Bones are living organs.

• True

• False

Bone is a type of connective tissue.

• True

• False

The adult skeleton has 208 bones.

• True

• False

Write the structure of a long bone that matches each description. You may use some structures more than once. Type of bone found in the epiphyses.

Write the structure of a long bone that matches each description. You may use some structures more than once. Allows newly formed blood to exit the bone and enter the bloodstream; allows the bone tissue to receive nutrients, oxygen, and hormones.

Write the structure of a long bone that matches each description. You may use some structures more than once. Name literally means “inside-bone”.

Write the structure of a long bone that matches each description. You may use some structures more than once. Type of bone that makes up the diaphysis.

Write the structure of a long bone that matches each description. You may use some structures more than once. Made of hyaline cartilage that ossifies and regrows repeatedly as you grow in height; ossify permanently between ages 18 and 25.

Write the structure of a long bone that matches each description. You may use some structures more than once. Hollow space inside the diaphysis.