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Andrea Barriga
Physiology Week 5 Skeletal Tissues and Skeletons
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The external portion of the bone is known as | Cortical bone |
| Bones grow due to activity in the | Epiphyseal plates |
| Why is cartilage slow to heal | It is semi-solid, flexible, and cartilage calcifies at a slow rate |
| Adipocytes, found in the yellow bone marrow, stores and releases blank for energy | Fat and Triglycerides |
| Without red bone marrow, bones would not be able to | Make blood cells |
| Hematopoiesis is carried out in the | Red bone marrow |
| The cells responsible for active erosion of bone minerals are called | Osteoclasts |
| Bone calcium levels involve secretion of which two hormones | Parathyroid and calcitonin |
| Injury to the occipital bone, you may expect which sense is damaged | Vision |
| After the age of 50, the density of bone | Decreases slowly because of a shift in the remodeling activity |
| The ulna articulates proximally with the | Humerus |
| In bone formation, the cells that produce the organic matrix are the | Osteoblasts |
| Bones grow in diameter by the combines action of which two of the three bone cell types | Osteoblasts and Osteoclasts |
| The primary ossification center of a long bone is located | in the diaphysis |
| During childbirth, a baby passes through an imaginary plane called the | pelvic outlet |
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