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Anatomy Weeks 1-5
Question | Answer |
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What is the most common type of bone cartilage? | Hyaline |
What type of fibers are present in all three types of cartilage? | Collagenous |
What are osteoblasts? | Small cells that synthesize and secrete an organic matrix called osteoid. |
What are osteoclasts? | Giant multinuclerate cells that are responsible for the active erosion of bone minerals. |
What are osteocytes? | Mature, nondividing osteoblasts that have become surrounded by matrix and now lie within lacunac. |
What are the three type of cartilage? | Hylaine cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage |
What are the 5 major types of bones? | Long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, and sesamoid bones |
What are the cell layers of the epidermis? | Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, and stratum corneum |
What contributes to giving us our skin color? | Melanin, beta-carotene, lipofuscin, and hemoglobin |
What are the four types of tissue? | Epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue |