The Skeletal System: Bone Classification, Bone Growth and Remodeling

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Flat bones are always thin and __________.
flat
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The inside of flat bones is completely filled with __________ bone.
spongy
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The spaces of spongy bone are filled with __________ bone marrow.
red
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Examples of flat bones include cranial bones, sternum, ribs, and __________.
clavicle
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Irregular bones do not fit into any other __________.
category
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Examples of irregular bones include vertebrae and os __________ bones.
coxal
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Short bones are roughly __________-shaped.
cube
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Examples of short bones include carpal and __________ bones.
tarsal
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Sesamoid bones develop within __________.
tendons
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The only example of a sesamoid bone that everyone will have is the __________.
patella
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Sutural bones develop in joints between cranial bones called __________.
sutures
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Long bones are roughly __________ in shape.
rectangular
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The wide tips of long bones are called __________.
epiphyses
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The diaphysis is the thin, middle region of a long __________.
bone
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The medullary cavity is filled with __________ bone marrow.
yellow
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The metaphysis is the small region of the long bone between the __________ and the epiphyses.
diaphysis
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Before young adulthood, the metaphysis contains __________ cartilage.
hyaline
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The growth plate is converted to bone during __________ ossification.
endochondral
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Osteogenesis refers to the formation of __________ tissue.
bone
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Intramembranous ossification involves the production of bone from __________ connective tissue.
embryonic
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The production of membrane bones, like most cranial bones, occurs through __________ ossification.
intramembranous
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The first step in intramembranous ossification involves blood vessels growing into mesenchyme converting mesenchymal cells into __________.
osteoblasts
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The solid bone matrix formed in intramembranous ossification is called __________.
spicules
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Endochondral ossification begins with the formation of a __________ model of the bone.
hyaline cartilage
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A layer of compact bone around the diaphysis is called a bone __________.
collar
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In endochondral ossification, blood vessels grow into the diaphysis converting cartilage into __________ bone.
spongy
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The area of new bone tissue produced in the diaphysis is called the primary __________ center.
ossification
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Areas of new bone tissue produced in the epiphyses are called __________ ossification centers.
secondary
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The metaphysis becomes the __________ plate when cartilage remains.
epiphyseal
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Bone Remodeling Units are a combination of __________ and osteoclasts.
osteoblasts
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Most bone production occurs in the __________.
periosteum
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Most bone __________ occurs in the endosteum.
resorption
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Bone resorption refers to bone tissue __________.
breakdown
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If osteoblasts work faster than osteoclasts, bone becomes __________.
thicker
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If osteoclasts work faster than osteoblasts, bone becomes __________.
thinner
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Bone remodeling is regulated by __________ and physical stress.
hormones
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH) regulates bone __________.
remodeling
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Physical stress on a bone stimulates __________ production.
osteoblasts
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The __________ cavity is the hollow center of a long bone.
medullary
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The epiphyses are covered by thin layers of __________ cartilage.
hyaline
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The edges of newly formed spongy bone are remodeled into __________ bone.
compact
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The metaphyses contain an outer layer of compact bone and are filled with __________ bone.
spongy
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Starting in adolescence, growth in the epiphyseal plate __________ down.
slows
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The spaces of spongy bone in the epiphyses are filled with __________ bone marrow.
red
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New osteoblasts produce star-shaped regions of solid __________ matrix.
bone
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Long bones grow in __________ due to the conversion of cartilage in the epiphyseal plate.
length
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Hyaline cartilage in the epiphyseal plate is replaced by __________ during ossification.
bone
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Bone remodeling helps in replacing bone tissue over __________.
time
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If osteoblasts and osteoclasts function at the same rate, bone tissue is replaced without changing bone __________.
thickness
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The ends of long bones where they articulate are covered with __________ cartilage.
articular
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Intramembranous ossification is how dermal bones like __________ are made.
clavicle
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Bone that formed from cartilage during embryonic development is called __________ bone.
ossified
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The replacement of the epiphyseal plate with the epiphyseal line occurs during __________ adulthood.
young
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Growth in height stops when the entire __________ plate is converted to bone.
epiphyseal
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Primary ossification centers are where the cartilage model begins to __________.
calcify
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Blood vessels growing into the diaphysis convert it to __________ bone.
spongy
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How bones grow in thickness is through the action of __________ and osteoclasts.
osteoblasts
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Continuous remodeling allows bones to adapt to __________.
stress