6.3 Short Answer Questions
1) In ________ growth, cartilage-forming cells from the perichondrium produce new cartilage tissue by actively secreting matrix.
2) The two primary minerals stored in bone are ________ and ________.
3) ________ canals lie perpendicular to the central, or Haversian, canals.
4) The joint surface of each epiphysis is covered with a thin layer of hyaline cartilage called the ________.
5) You might expect the epiphyseal plate to close between ages ________ years.
6) A blow to the head results in a portion of the broken bone pressed inward; this type of fracture is known as ________.
7) Treatment of osteoporosis with vitamin D, calcium, and weight-bearing exercise is helpful and not controversial. Treatments that include ________ is controversial because it may lead to increased risk of heart attack, stroke and breast cancer.
8) This disease is characterized by excessive rates of bone deposition and bone resorption.
9) ________ is a condition in children that was more common early in the nineteenth century, before vitamin D was added to milk in most developed countries.
10) ________ is characterized by an increased prevalence in teens and young adults with pain in long bones of the extremities. If untreated, metastasis to the lungs is common.
11) A(n) ________ is common in older persons and is a projection on a bone due to abnormal bone overgrowth.
12) A bone graft often uses a piece of the ________ that is placed where bone has been damaged or removed.
13) ________ is the term for pain in a bone, typical after bone grafting or bone removal.
14) Bundles of collagen that attach the periosteum to bone are called ________.
15) The ________ delivers osteoblasts and osteoclasts to the primary center of ossification.