
The skeletal system and tissue. Unit 4 Test Review
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- Q1The portion of the skeleton that attaches to the axial skeleton and has the limbs attached to it. Examples are scapula, clavicle, pelvis, arm and leg bonesappendicular skeleton30s
- Q2Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral columnaxial skeleton30s
- Q3The continuous turnover of bone matrix and mineral that involves first, an increase in resorption and osteoclast activity, and later, reactive bone formation by osteoblast activity.bone remodeling30s
- Q4spongy, porous, bone tissue in the inner part of a bonecancellous bone30s
- Q5hard, dense, strong bone that forms the outer layer of bone; also called compact bonecortical bone30s
- Q6shaft of a long boneDiaphysis30s
- Q7process in which bone forms by replacing hyaline cartilageendochondral ossification30s
- Q8cartilaginous area at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth takes place in the immature skeletonepiphyseal plate30s
- Q9the end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft.Epiphysis30s
- Q10formation of blood cellsHematopoiesis30s
- Q11process by which bone forms directly from mesenchymal tissueintramembranous ossification30s
- Q12cavity within the shaft of the long bones filled with bone marrowmedullary cavity30s
- Q13structural unit of compact boneOsteon30s
- Q14A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles.Periosteum30s
- Q15supporting bundles of bony fibers in cancellous (spongy) bonetrabeculae30s