BMS100 Past Test Questions
Chapter 7, Fall 2008

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1. Which one of the following does not contain living cells?
   1. periosteum
   2. compact bone tissue
   3. spongy bone tissue
   4. red bone marrow
   5. ground substance of bone matrix
   
   
2. Which one of the following is not a function of the periosteum?
   1. attachment of tendons and ligaments to bone
   2. attachment of nerves and blood vessels to bone
   3. is capable of producing all types of blood cells
   4. may provide new tissue that allows a bone to grow thicker
   
   
3. What is the main difference between compact bone tissue and spongy bone tissue?
   1. Compact bone tissue is hard; spongy bone tissue is soft.
   2. Compact bone tissue is present only in flat bones; spongy bone tissue is present only in long bones.
   3. Compact bone tissue develops from ossification centers; spongy bone tissue develops from red bone marrow.
   4. Spongy bone tissue contains living cells; compact bone tissue contains nonliving matrix only.
   5. Spongy bone tissue contains visible spaces between "beams" of bone tissue; compact bone tissue contains microscopic spaces.
   
   
4. Which part or parts of a developing long bone is/are ossified (hardened) by the secondary ossification centers?
   1. flat bones of skull
   2. epiphyses (enlargements at ends) of long bone
   3. compact bone tissue along surface of diaphysis (shaft) of long bone
   4. spongy bone tissue within diaphysis (shaft) of long bone
   5. none of the above (secondary ossification centers do not produce bone tissue, they break it down)
   
   
5. During childhood and adolescence, bone growth in length is accomplished by dividing cells in the
   1. red bone marrow
   2. inner layer of the periosteum
   3. primary ossification center
   4. epiphyseal end of epiphyseal plates
   
   
6. Once the bone matrix hardens
   1. the osteoblasts (cells) that produced the matrix die.
   2. the calcium remains there permanently.
   3. the calcium may be removed if there is a higher priority need for it elsewhere.
   4. A and B
   
   
7. Red bone marrow is normally located
   1. between the solid "beams" in spongy bone tissue
   2. in the microscopic canals in compact bone tissue
   3. in the large central cavities of long bones
   4. all of the above
   
   
8. In the development of long bones,
   1. the entire model is converted to bone by one ossification center that appears in the center of the diaphysis ("shaft").
   2. the cartilage is replaced by bone at numerous microscopic sites that appear simultaneously throughout the "model."
   3. bone tissue replaces cartilage beginning in the center of the diaphysis (shaft) and moving toward the ends.
   4. bone tissue replaces cartilage beginning at the ends of the diaphysis (shaft) and moving toward the center.
   
   
9. Which one of the following would be considered normal?
   1. The limbs of the embryo contain cartilage "models" of future bones, but the cranium contains no such "models."
   2. At the time of birth, epiphyseal plates remain between the primary and secondary ossification centers.
   3. At the end of adolescence, the "zones of proliferating cartilage" in the epiphyseal plates stop producing new tissue.
   4. All of the above would be considered normal.
   5. None of the above would be considered normal.