Exam 2 Review

The periosteum is in the medullary cavity

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?

• Storage of fat and minerals

• Regulation of blood pressure

• Support the body

• produce blood cells

The hardest, most dense part of the bone tissue is the

• periosteum

• spongy bone

• osteoblast

• compact bone

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

At what part of the bone does growth occur in children and adolescents?

• Marrow cavity

• Epiphyseal plate

• Periosteum

• Endosteum

What is the main function of osteoclasts?

• Dissolving and breaking down bone tissue

• Creating new bone tissue

• Both dissolving and creating bone tissue

• Neither dissolving nor creating bone tissue

What is the structure in the picture?

• foramen magnum

• occipital condyles

• external auditory meatus

• zygomatic process

What are intervertebral discs primarily made out of?

• bone

• fibrocartilage

• loose connective tissue

• hyaline cartilage

The deeper the "socket" in a ball and socket joint, the higher the range of movement.

• True

• False

Force is transferred from the scapula to the vertebral column directly

• True

• False

Bone always needs a "template," tissue to be built from, it cannot be built new by itself

• True

• False