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Anatomy Weeks 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |