Bone Growth & Repair Quiz

Question 1 - Single Best Answer

Identify the process occurring in this tissue:

intermembranous calcification
endochondral ossification
intramembranous ossification
endosteal chondrification


Question 2 - Single Best Answer

Identify the cell at the tip of the arrow:

osteocyte
chondrocyte
osteoblast
chondroblast


Question 3 - Single Best Answer

Identify the tissue at the tip of the arrow:

periosteal collar
bone marrow
epiphyseal plate
osteoid
canaliculi


Question 4 - Single Best Answer

This is known as the zone of...

calcified matrix
proliferation
reserve cartilage
resorption
hypertrophy


Question 5 - Single Best Answer

Identify the cell at the tip of the arrow:

chondrocyte
osteoblast
osteocyte
osteoclast


Question 6 - Single Best Answer

This is known as the zone of...

reserve cartilage
hypertrophy
calcified matrix
resorption
proliferation


Question 7 - Single Best Answer

Identify the cell at the tip of the arrow:

endothelial cell
osteoblast
cuboidal/low columnar epithelial cell
osteoclast
osteocyte


Question 8 - Single Best Answer

This is known as the zone of...

resorption
hypertrophy
calcified matrix
proliferation
reserve cartilage


Question 9 - Single Best Answer

Which cell is regulated by calcitonin (a hormone which inhibits cells from absorbing bone and thereby minimizes the release of calcium into the bloodstream)?

osteoclast
osteoblast
osteocyte
fibroblast

Question 10 - Single Best Answer

Which organ or system is not involoved in the regulation of calcium?

gastrointestinal
reproductive tract
renal
endocrine

Question 11 - Single Best Answer

Ricketts is a disease in children secondary to hypovitaminosis D (decreased amount of vitamin D). The same disease in adults is called osteomalacia (softening of the bones). The disease is manifested as a defect in bone mineralization, predominately in long weight-bearing bones. Which zone would be abnormal in a patient with vitamin D deficiency?





Question 12 - Single Best Answer

Which photo depicts a mature long bone?





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