BIO 161 Exam 5 Questions And Answers
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Skeletal System - ANSWER✔✔ a dynamic system of connective tissue; balance
between production and remodeling
Function of bones - ANSWER✔✔ support, protection, movement
support - ANSWER✔✔ hold body upright, support muscles and organs
protection - ANSWER✔✔ enclose important organs
movement - ANSWER✔✔ provide attachment sites for muscles
electrolyte acid/base balance - ANSWER✔✔ stores and releases ions needed for
body; stores and releases salts to buffer the blood
blood cell differentiation - ANSWER✔✔ location of bone marrow, the main
producer of blood cells
Flat bones - ANSWER✔✔ scapula
short bones - ANSWER✔✔ carpals
long bones - ANSWER✔✔ femur
irregular bones - ANSWER✔✔ vertebrae
diaphysis - ANSWER✔✔ shaft
epiphysis - ANSWER✔✔ end of long bone
medullary cavity - ANSWER✔✔ site of bone marrow production
periosteum - ANSWER✔✔ outside; contains fibrous and osteogenic layers
articular cartilage - ANSWER✔✔ covers joint to reduce friction
matrix - ANSWER✔✔ small spaces for vessels and marrow
spongy bone has _____ spaces - ANSWER✔✔ many
compact bone has ____ spaces - ANSWER✔✔ few
tissues in the bone - ANSWER✔✔ cartilage (articulation with other bones),
epithelium (covers the bone), nerve (within the tissue), blood forming tissue (the
marrow), dense connective tissue, osseous tissue (the matrix)
osseous tissue - ANSWER✔✔ type of connective tissue that has a solid matrix
connective tissues - ANSWER✔✔ support and interconnect the parts of the body
components of connective tissue - ANSWER✔✔ cells, fibers, ground substance
ground substance and fibers make up the matrix
osseous tissue - ANSWER✔✔ consist of osteocytes (cells) that secrete collagen
into a mineralized matrix
cells in osseous tissue - ANSWER✔✔ osteocytes
fibers in osseous tissue - ANSWER✔✔ collagen
ground substance in osseous tissue - ANSWER✔✔ solid and mineralized
makes the matrix hard, but flexible due to collagen
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