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Bones Part 1

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

List the 6 functions of bones:

Back (Answer)

1- support 2- protection of soft organs 3- movement 4- mineral storage (Ca and P) 5- blood cell production: bone marrow 6- triglyceride storage: yellow marrow (adipose)

#2
Front (Question)

What type of marrow for babies and adults?

Back (Answer)

baby- red marrow adult- yellow marrow

#3
Front (Question)

What five ways are bones classified?

Back (Answer)

1- long 2- short 3- flat 4- irregular 5- sesamoid

#4
Front (Question)

Femur and Humerus are examples of:

Back (Answer)

long bones

#5
Front (Question)

Carpals and Tarsals are examples of:

Back (Answer)

short bones

#6
Front (Question)

Scapula and Sternum are examples of:

Back (Answer)

flat bones

#7
Front (Question)

Vertebrae is an example of:

Back (Answer)

irregular bone

#8
Front (Question)

Patella is an example of:

Back (Answer)

sesamoid bone

#9
Front (Question)

Which bone type is formed out of tendons?

Back (Answer)

sesamoid bones

#10
Front (Question)

What is the prefix for bone cells?

Back (Answer)

“osteo”

#11
Front (Question)

What are the 4 bone cells?

Back (Answer)

1- osteogenic 2- osteoblasts 3- osteocytes 4- osteoclasts

#12
Front (Question)

Osteogenic cells

Back (Answer)

• stem cells • only one to go through cell division -found in periosteum, endosteum, and canals that house blood vessels

#13
Front (Question)

Osteoblasts

Back (Answer)

• bone builders • secrete collagen fibers and extracellular matrix (Ca, P)

#14
Front (Question)

Osteocytes

Back (Answer)

• mature bone cells • maintain bone • bring in nutrients and excrete waste via plasma membrane

#15
Front (Question)

Osteoclast

Back (Answer)

• bone remodelers • lysosomes secrete digestive enzymes to destroy bone

#16
Front (Question)

Compact bone

Back (Answer)

• made of osteons • heavy

#17
Front (Question)

Spongy bone

Back (Answer)

• made of light weight • trabecular

#18
Front (Question)

Zone of resting cartilage

Back (Answer)

• provides a bridge between epiphysis and epiphysial plate • small chondrocytes

#19
Front (Question)

Zone of proliferating cartilage

Back (Answer)

• cell division (only zone) making chondrocytes

#20
Front (Question)

Zone of hypertrophic cartilage

Back (Answer)

• mature chondrocytes to maintain bone

#21
Front (Question)

Zone of calcified cartilage

Back (Answer)

• osteoclasts tear down cells • replaced with new bone cells

#22
Front (Question)

Intramembranous ossification

Back (Answer)

• forms flat bones skull, mandible, clavicle

#23
Front (Question)

Endochondral ossification

Back (Answer)

• all other bones of skeleton form this way • mesenchymal to cartilage to bone

#24
Front (Question)

Greenstick fracture

Back (Answer)

• seen in children • one side may fracture, other side bends