Statistics for Osteology

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
How many bones are in the body?	206	83%
Support and structure, mineral storage, blood making, protection of internal organs and muscle attachments are the functions of what?	Bones	83%
Do the circumferential lamellae have lacunae on them?	Yes	67%
What is the deterioration of bones due to lack of calcium called?	Osteoporosis	50%
What connects muscles to bones in the human body?	Tendons	50%
What is the first cervical vertebra?	Atlas	33%
What type of bone is a spongy bone, not as dense as a compact bone?	Cancellous bones	33%
What are cartilage cells called?	Chondrocytes	33%
What type of skeletal bone looks smooth?	Compact	33%
What is the name for the internal skeleton?	Endoskeleton	33%
What lines the medullary cavity of the inside of the bone?	Endosteum	33%
What is the end of a long bone called?	Epiphysis	33%
What is the hard protective structure developed outside the body, as the shell of a lobster?	Exoskeleton	33%
What bone makes blood?	Femur	33%
What type of cartilage has a lot of collagen fibers?	Fibrocartilage	33%
What is the cartilage found between the vertebrae (in spinal column) called?	Invertebral disc	33%
What is an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column also known as hunchback?	Kyphosis	33%
The humerus, radius, ulna, femur and phalanges are what type of bone?	Long bone	33%
What is the developmental process of bone formation called?	Ossification	33%
What is it called when there is an inflammation of the bone and the joints?	Osteoarthritis	33%
What cells break down bone?	Osteoclasts	33%
What is the word meaning the study of bones?	Osteology	33%
What isolates and protects the bone from surrounding tissue?	Periosteum	33%
What produces blood cells in the medullary or marrow cavity?	Red marrow	33%
The patella is what type of shape of bone?	Sesamoid	33%
What are the two groups that the bones are placed in?	Axial and appendicular	17%
What is responsible for the diffusion of nutrients in the osteon?	Canaliculi	17%
What are the lines outside of the concentric lamellae?	Circumferential lamellae	17%
What shape are osteoblasts?	Cuboidal	17%
What are the collagen fibers in the matrix made up of?	Hydroxyapatite	17%
What is the inflammation or infection of a bone called?	Osteitis	17%
What cells make bone?	Osteocytes	17%
What is the unit of dense bone called?	Osteon	17%