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physi assignment 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Positive-feedback control systems: | accelerate a change. |
| Negative-feedback control systems: | oppose a change |
| Why is cartilage slow to heal? | Because it's semi solid, flexible, and doesn't have a blood supply |
| Bones grow in length due to activity in the what? | epiphyseal plate |
| Adipocytes, found in the yellow bone marrow, stores and releases what for energy | fat and triglycerides |
| Without red bone marrow, bones would not be able make what? | blood cells |
| The fontanelles of an infant's skull consist of what | fibrous membrane |
| Bones grow in diameter by the combined action of which two of the three bone cell types? | osteoblasts and osteoclasts |
| The ulna articulates proximally with the what? | humerus |
| Blood calcium levels involve secretion of which two hormones? | parathyroid and calcitonin |