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
chondrocyte osteoblast osteocyte osteoclast
Question 6 - Single Best Answer
reserve cartilage hypertrophy calcified matrix resorption proliferation
Question 7 - Single Best Answer
endothelial cell osteoblast cuboidal/low columnar epithelial cell osteoclast osteocyte
Question 8 - Single Best Answer
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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