Bone Growth & Repair

Question 1 - Single Best Answer

Identify the process occurring in this tissue:

A) intermembranous calcification
B) endochondral ossification
C) intramembranous ossification
D) endosteal chondrification

Question 2 - Single Best Answer

Identify the cell at the tip of the arrow:

A) osteocyte
B) chondrocyte
C) osteoblast
D) chondroblast

Question 3 - Single Best Answer

Identify the tissue at the tip of the arrow:

A) periosteal collar
B) bone marrow
C) epiphyseal plate
D) osteoid
E) canaliculi

Question 4 - Single Best Answer

This is known as the zone of...

A) calcified matrix
B) proliferation
C) reserve cartilage
D) resorption
E) hypertrophy

Question 5 - Single Best Answer

Identify the cell at the tip of the arrow:

A) chondrocyte
B) osteoblast
C) osteocyte
D) osteoclast

Question 6 - Single Best Answer

This is known as the zone of...

A) reserve cartilage
B) hypertrophy
C) calcified matrix
D) resorption
E) proliferation

Question 7 - Single Best Answer

Identify the cell at the tip of the arrow:

A) endothelial cell
B) osteoblast
C) cuboidal/low columnar epithelial cell
D) osteoclast
E) osteocyte

Question 8 - Single Best Answer

This is known as the zone of...

A) resorption
B) hypertrophy
C) calcified matrix
D) proliferation
E) reserve cartilage

Question 9 - Single Best Answer

Which cell is regulated by calcitonin which inhibits it to absorb bone and therefore will not allow the release of calcium into the bloodstream?

A) osteoclast
B) osteoblast
C) osteocyte
D) fibroblast

Question 10 - Single Best Answer

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

A) gastrointestinal
B) reproductive tract
C) renal
D) endocrine

Question 11 - Single Best Answer

Ricketts is a disease in children secondary to decreased amounts 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?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 12 - Single Best Answer

Which photo depicts a well-developed long bone?

A)
B)
C)
D)

   Author: Wojciech Pawlina, M.D. / pawlina@anatomy.med.ufl.edu
  Version: Version 1.2 / Edited by Fab Jackson MSIV
 Location: http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/histo/mh05r.html
  Updated: 20 Noviembre, 1998
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